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| First name | Vlasta | |
| Last name | Jiraskova | |
| Maiden name | ||
| Date of birth | 1953 | |
| Street | Kosmonautu 8 | |
| Zip | 789 85 | |
| City | Mohelnice | |
| Country | Czech Republic | |
| Telephone | 0648/430 351 | |
| Fax | 0648/430 351 | |
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| Education | secondary | |
| Profession | official responsible for a cultural department of the Cultural House of Youth | |
| Since when have you been making lace? | 1993 | |
| when did you get a first idea to learn lace-making? | interest since the childhood, but there was no opportunity to learn this technique, (I learnt it gradually through handicraft - embroidery, macramé, crocheting, needle lace) | |
| skills in lace-making | intermediate | |
| graduated schools and courses | 1993 - Lace-making course of Mrs. Kralova - Mohelnice, 1993 - Lace-making course at Mrs. Proskova - Praha, 1996 - Lace-making course of Mrs. Stopková - Ostrava, 1998 - week-end Lace-making course with Mr. Dolezal + Mrs. Halikova in Mohelnice | |
| lace-making experience/practice | ||
| specialisation | miniatures, flowers, patterns of different techniques a grounds - made gradually | |
| exhibitions and prices | ||
| exhibitions visited | 1997 spring - Mrs. Stopkova, 1997 Christmas - I. Vanzurova, 1998 Easter - Mrs. Tschopová + VKV Vamberk. 1998 May - solo exhibition of Z. Dolezal, trip to Vamberk and Letohrad to Intern. Meeting of Lace-Makers 1997 and to Lace Tradeshows in Prague | |
| exhibitions organised | 1998 May - solo exhibition of Z. Dolezal | |
| trips organised to exhibitions | trip to Vamberk and Letohrad to the International Meeting of Lace-Makers 1997 and to Lace Tradeshows in Prague | |
| courses organised | 1996 - Lace-making course of Mrs. Stopkova - Ostrava, 1998 - Lace-making course with Mr. Dolezal - Praha, 1998 - Lace-making course of Mrs. Haliková - Prague | |
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| do you come from or live in a lace-making region? | no - Jilemnice v Podkrkonosi | |
| do yuo make your living with lace-making? | no | |
| how do you get your patterns? | in a shop, on a course | |
| what type of tools do you use? | Czech bobbins with cover and roll pillow filled with sawdust | |
| how often do you make lace? | at least once a week | |
| are you presently attending a course? | once a week Lace-making course at DK in Mohelnice | |
| are you a member of a lace-making group? what is its name? |
Lace-making course of Mrs. Jiraskova at DK Mohelnice | |
| have you taught anybody to make lace? | daughter, also in a lace-making course in the House of Culture in Mohelnice women are sharing their experience and knowledge of lace-making and they teach each other | |
| why does lace-making appeal to you? | I love making lace (1st lace-making member of the family) |
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