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First name   Marie
Last name   Pytlickova
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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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