Christmas decorations from wire
by Monika Śkvarnová
Glass-blown Christmas decorations started to be popular in the mid 20th century and replaced traditional folk decorations such as gingerbread, nuts, apples and simple home-made decorations from paper or wood, straw and cornhusk. Wire decorations were very rare. Master tinker Jakub Šerík from the village of Dlhé Pole made them in the second half of the 20th century. More uniqueness, variety of materials and techniques came to the production of Christmas decorations in the 1960s and 1970s with the works of visual artists and artistic craftsmen (Ladislav Jurovatý Sn. and Jr., Remigia Biskupská, Ladislav Fapšo, Mr. and Mrs. Rodovec and others). Their ornaments and wire drawings represent their specific creative expressions that make their decorations unique objects of art.
Further articles magazine Craft, Art, Design 04/2007:
- About textile memory and celebration of creation
- Staying at home and travelling
- Between
- More than clay
- New brands – Nuée
- The 2007 National Prize for Design
- Rings in Water 2008
- Creative approach to material
- Dimensions of carving of Ján Krajčí
- Traditional wristbands
- Christmas decorations from wire
- Štefan Cyril Parrák and his grand collection
- Kiln not only for ceramics
- Craft in architecture – traditional plasters