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| First name | Marie | |
| Last name | Pytlickova | |
| Maiden name | ||
| Date of birth | 1924 | |
| Street | Kabelkova 8 | |
| Zip | 750 00 | |
| City | Prerov | |
| Country | Czech Republic | |
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| Education | basic | |
| Profession | dressmaker, worker in Kazeto factory (suitcases), transitor in the railway - now pensioner | |
| Since when have you been making lace? | 1981 | |
| when did you get a first idea to learn lace-making? | I was willing to learn lace-making since the time I was 12 years-old but I only started when I was 57 after being retired. I made my first test pieces of lace and also the real lace | |
| skills in lace-making | advanced | |
| graduated schools and courses | course in Hulin at Mrs.. Pobudova, 1998 - week-end lace-making course Mrs. Halikova in Mohelnice | |
| lace-making experience/practice | ||
| specialisation | continuous lace, tape lace, pictures, I like point lace the most | |
| exhibitions and prices | Christmas and Easter exhibitions in Prarov and surroundings - Ethnographical exhibitions | |
| exhibitions visited | nice impression of the exhibitions in Letohrad, Slavkov, Roznov and of the International Meeting of Lace-Makers in Vamberk | |
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| trips organised to exhibitions | nice impression of the exhibitions in Letohrad, Slavkov, Roznov and of the International Meeting of Lace-Makers in Vamberk | |
| courses organised | Since 1988 - 1998 lace-making courses in Prerov for MKS, OKS and District Library, presentations on exhibitions - constancy. Now twice a week my students meet in my flat - Club of old ladies by Mrs. Pytlickova | |
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| do you come from or live in a lace-making region? | no - comes from Hulin , in this region the bobbin lace is not a traditional form of handicraft, no - I'm the first of the family who makes lace, but my family knew several techniques of handicrafts (my grand-mother knitted lace stockings) | |
| do yuo make your living with lace-making? | no | |
| how do you get your patterns? | in a shop, on a course, modification of other desingin magazines | |
| what type of tools do you use? | Czech bobbins with cover and bobbins without cover and roll pillow filled with sawdust | |
| how often do you make lace? | every day, according to weather (when I don't have to water the garden) | |
| are you presently attending a course? | ||
| are you a member of a lace-making group? what is its name? |
Club of old ladies by Mrs. Pytlickova | |
| have you taught anybody to make lace? | grand-daughter and more than 100 students | |
| why does lace-making appeal to you? | lace-making completely filled my life. "I forget everything, I almost burnt my kitchen as a result of lace-making." |
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