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Lovkovič Stanislava Listed 0 Exhibits »
From the time she arrived to Australia in 1961, Stana Lovkovič spent all her spare time on producing handicrafts. She says about the many great table cloths that she has embroidered, that they are her life’s work. She embroiders mainly with th
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Lucija Srnec Listed 2 Exhibits »
Lucija has made national costumes, working clothes and festive dresses for dolls, jewellery and pottery. She raised a large family of five children and has always been very active in the Slovene community. “In my free time I used to sew a
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Marica Podobnik Listed 0 Exhibits »
Her many lace shapes are collected in albums for safe/keeping. She became well known as bobbin lace maker, the special technique, traditional in Slovenia, and was in great demand for demonstrations at festivals and schools. Marica was born in
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Marija Brne Listed 3 Exhibits »
Her most beautiful work are table-cloths made of Idrija lace. What is most surprising about her is that she learned to make bobbin-lace when she was seventy. Her motivation, good-natured energy and determination helped her to learn something new
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Marija Gomboc Listed 0 Exhibits »
She began to interest herself seriously in handicrafts in 1980, when she ordered books from Readers Digest and began to study. She learnt bobbin lace-making completely on her own, and continued to produce a variety of handicrafts till 2000. She w
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Marija Horvat Listed 1 Exhibits »
She learned knitting, crocheting and cross stitching at the home farm and has enjoyed needlework since her childhood. “But there was hardly any time at home, because we had to work hard on the farm and I was the only child who stayed at home
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Marija Rotar Listed 0 Exhibits »
Marija was born in Peče near Moravče in Slovenia. came to Australia as a young girl in 1962. Since her childhood she had attentively observed her mother embroidering tablecloths and she started to embroider early. She continued with this work w
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Marija Tomažič Listed 0 Exhibits »
Marija loves handicrafts and has produced quite a collection, mostly crochet work, but also embroidered decorative table mats, and tapestries. Her greatest treasure, handed down in her family for five generations is the silver representation of L
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Marija Uršič Listed 3 Exhibits »
Marija excels in making Idrija bobbin-lace. She has passed her skills on to others, Slovenes and Australians alike, in many courses, ethnic festivals, and exhibitions in Melbourne. “Many people admire the Slovene national costume and Idrija
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Marta Magajna Listed 0 Exhibits »
Marta likes making wall tapestries with Slovenian motifs, national costumes and decorating Easter eggs. She made the first avba in 1975, and 2 navijačke, a simpler version of national costume head covering, for younger girls. Together with Hilda
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Matilda Kovacic Listed 0 Exhibits »
Matilda Kovačič was born and grew up in Prekmurje, in the north-east of Slovenia. She arrived in Australia after 1950. She always liked knitting. Over the years she produced a number of knitted suits and shawls. She also loved embroidery, a
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Matilda Martinčič Listed 1 Exhibits »
“I was born with a love for painting. When I was young I had no opportunity to show my skills.” When Matilda’s grandson was born, her memories of her own childhood came alive. It was not a happy childhood, as she did not live with her pa
