Viera Praženicová: Ruffling
Ruffling is a demanding textile technique which was widespread throughout Europe during the Renaissance. It was used for modelling a chest ruffle and the shirtsleeves of noblemen. Numerous paintings and statues from the end of 15th and beginning of 16th century document the popularity of this technique. Iconographic materials from that time also document the occurrence of the ruffling technique in Slovakia. In the area of northwest Slovakia (Čičmany, Zliechov, Valaská Belá, Čavoj, Košecké Rovné and Košecké Podhradie municipalities), ruffling was used to model female folk costumes. The folk costumes here are still worn for festive events, and therefore this technique has been preserved.
Further articles of magazine Craft, Art, Design 01/2002:
- Adriena Pekárová: Lace made of plastic
- Xénia Lettrichová: Weaved in rhymes
- Katarína Hubová: Paper clothing
- Ľubica Hustá: Tradition untraditionally
- Viera Kleinová: Restoring textile
- I like exploring tradition... Interview with Lea Fekete
- Viera Kleinová: Embroidered design
- Zora Valentová: A fashionable folk costume waistcoat?
- Viera Praženicová: Ruffling
- Juraj Zajonc: The different looks of felt
- Zora Valentová: From cut to button
