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First name   Iveta
Last name   Zlnkova
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Date of birth   1957
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City   Velky Krtis
Country   Slovak Republic
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Education   high
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Since when have you been making lace?   1990
when did you get a first idea to learn lace-making?   free time during treatment in the sanatorium and then the large interest
skills in lace-making   intermediate
graduated schools and courses   90% self-learner - following the book Lace-making from Mr. Misik, 1992 - course at Mrs.Proskova, 1996 / 97 / 98 - 2 courses a about 6 workshops of traditional bobbin lace
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specialisation   no specialization, time to time I work on traditional or modern lace, I learn new patterns and I use them mainly for table cloths, I make brooches, pictures, Christmas decorations
exhibitions and prices   1992 - Detva - Christmas exhibition (brooches, small pictures, jewellery), 1997 - Bjelovar / Croatia - exhibition Hontianská čipka - traditional and modern lace, participation in the Whole Slovak Abilympiad 1996 - 2. place + 97 - 1. place
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courses organised   1998 - beginning of lace making - cca 10 students
comments   I present lace-making on different exhibitions - for instance Hotianska parada - Festival of Folk Culture and Handicraft - whole Slovak, Touch of Tradition
publications   in magazines - only articles about events related to lace-making
do you come from or live in a lace-making region?   yes, Hont - Novohrad region (south Slovakia)
do yuo make your living with lace-making?   no
how do you get your patterns?   in a shop, own desing, modification of other desingI use traditional patterns in modern lace
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how often do you make lace?   3x - 4x a week, daily if I can
are you presently attending a course?   Workshops of Hotiansko - Novohradska bobbin lace - 2-3 time a year
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have you taught anybody to make lace?   yes, cca 15 persons
why does lace-making appeal to you?   a lot of pleasure

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