Jaroslav Kostúr
There are not two identical bells
by Vanda Krištofová
Bells making was a domestic craft and secondary job surviving in the mountains and surrounding regions that supported mountain sheep farming. Ján Kostúr (1919 –1992) founded bells making craft in the village of Podkonice. One-hundred-year old working tools have remained intact in the family workshop. Son Jaroslav Kostúr has inherited the craft. He has revived the craft as a free-time activity when his father died. Jaroslav Kostúr started the collaboration with the ÚĽUV in 1994 and was awarded the master of folk art production title in 2011. He makes tin bells that are adjusted to the requirements of herdsmen and contemporary demands for bells being gifts.
Further articles in the magazine Craft, Art, Design 04/2012:
- Define yourself! Days of ÚĽUV Masters 2012
- Josef Vydra as we know and do not know him
- Jaroslav Kostúr - There are not two identical bells
- Clay fest – The ceramic Modra
- “Drumbľa”, a humble and proud musical instrument... by Peter Sobota
- Lovely Christmas balls
- Tatiana Warenichová: Paper, colours, fairy-tales and drawings...
- Triennial of textile without borders 2012 – 2013
- At the table
- Gyeonggi International Ceramix Biennale
- The European Prize for Applied Arts 2012
- Open atelier in the ÚĽUV Design Studio