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Ivan Slapšak Listed 0 Exhibits »
He loves working with wood. He gets ideas and concepts from nature. Walking in the forest he picks up a leaf of distinct shape, creates a drawing on his desk at home, carves and shapes a suitable piece of wood in the shape of the drawing, applies
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Ivanka Kleva Listed 0 Exhibits »
Ivanka Kleva was born in Slovenian village Ritomeče in Primorska near Trieste. She left for Australia on 11 April 1954 and settled in Melbourne. She learned handcrafts from her mother in her youth and this became her most valued heritage tha
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Ivanka Kontelj Listed 2 Exhibits »
She acquired the skill at home as her father was a tailor and her mother who liked to do all the needlework for the household. “When I grew up I created a little family of my own in Australia. I used to sew, knit and crochet everything for m
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Jaksetič Ema Listed 0 Exhibits »
Ema Jakšetič is a painter rather than a handicrafter. She paints mostly with oil on canvas and mostly Slovenian landscapes, some with cultural significance, such as the birthplace of Slovenian poets, Ciril Kosmač and Simon Gregorčič. She als
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Jože Konšak Listed 0 Exhibits »
Jože Konšak likes making pieces of furniture, wooden boxes, trays, chess board. Every piece, shaped and lovingly polished is a joy and achievement. Jože Konšak was born 27 January 1932 in Maribor, Slovenia. He came to Australia over Austri
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Jože Ramuta Listed 2 Exhibits »
I began working with wood by chance, during the process of constructing a lathe. When testing the lathe, I came to realize that shaping wood would be an interesting hobby. I began by making chess figures. At the Geelong Market I exhibited these a
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Julijana Kure Listed 2 Exhibits »
She first made various needlework items for her family and used to sew and knit a lot. Her love of drawing goes back to her childhood. “When I learned about painting on porcelain, I liked it very much. It is something quite different and int
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Karl Knap Listed 0 Exhibits »
Karl likes to work with wood, carving and constructing. In 1985 he carved and embellished with traditional motifs, a miniature Slovenian traditional country house - to serve as a bread box. He also makes delicate porcelain pieces. Karl was bor
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Konšak Mihelca Listed 1 Exhibits »
In her free time Mihelca likes to occupy herself with painting, and a variety of traditional Slovenian decorative handicrafts, most of which she has learnt from her mother. Her oil paintings and wall tapestries reflect her love of nature, and pl
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Lidija Bole Listed 5 Exhibits »
Born in Cerkno, where the handicraft was well-known. she learned to make bobbin-lace as a child. She attended a bobbin-lace school and made lace for the bobbin-lace co-operative as a young girl. “I came to Australia in 1961 and that’s when I
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Lojze Jerič Listed 1 Exhibits »
He learned stonemasonry and making mosaics as a young lad in Slovenia. His life story took him in quite different directions and decades passed before he took up making mosaics once more. “I came to Australia in 1954 and fifty years passed b
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Lojzka Kuhar Listed 1 Exhibits »
Lojzka found her joy in flowers. She grows and shapes flowers in different ways and particularly enjoys making collages of dried flowers. “The typical Australian flowers are very suitable for making paintings. I have other hobbies too, like
