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First name   Iva
Last name   Vanzurova
Maiden name   Zapalkova
Date of birth   23.6.1962
Street   Tauslova 159
Zip   56151
City   Letohrad
Country   Czech Republic
Telephone   +420 (0)446 921613
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Education   high
Profession   lace-maker
Since when have you been making lace?   1976
when did you get a first idea to learn lace-making?   After reading a Slovak book about lace-making and after seeing pictures in magazine Dorka
skills in lace-making   advanced
graduated schools and courses   VSZ Brno, certificate of SUUV Praha, course at Iva Proskova, course at Cross Czech - taught by designer Milca Eremiasova
lace-making experience/practice    
specialisation   all types of bobbin lace
exhibitions and prices   since 1994 in many town around czech Republic and in Switzerland
exhibitions visited   impossible to count
exhibitions organised   organisation of exhibition in Letohrad within the International Meeting of Lace-Makers, my own exhibitions
trips organised to exhibitions    
courses organised    
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do you come from or live in a lace-making region?   yes, I live 20 km from Vamberk
do yuo make your living with lace-making?   yes
how do you get your patterns?   , own desing 
what type of tools do you use?   bobbins with cover, other standard material and tools
how often do you make lace?   every day
are you presently attending a course?    
are you a member of a lace-making group?
what is its name?
  studio "Pavucina" (Spider's Web) in Letohrad
have you taught anybody to make lace?   yes
why does lace-making appeal to you?   it gives me pleasure, knowledge and makes my living

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