Jozef Zoller: Dodko Drôtik (Little Wire) becoming master
Dominika Žažová
Learning the art of embroidery from his mother, Jozef Zoller showed talent and manual dexterity from an early age. Later on, he became interested in the production of both decorative and everyday wire objects. Self-taught, he fine-tuned his skills through further work and, without hesitation, joined a newly created Workshop of Wire Art and Applied Wire Art that was part of Drôtovňa Hlohovec, Slovakia’s wireworks company. He stayed there until its closure in 2000. Two years later, he became an independent, licenced craftsman, launching cooperation with ÚĽUV. In 2016, Dodko Drôtik (as nicknamed and known to everyone) was awarded the title of Master of Folk Art Production for working in wire.
Further articles in the magazine Craft, Art, Design 02/2017:
- Outstanding Slovak phenomenon
- Karol Guleja’s heritage
- Wire craft in the Museum of Folk Art Production
- Dreaming of Drotária map
- Seventy eventful years
- Jozef Zoller: Dodko Drôtik (Little Wire) becoming master
- Milan Kočtúch: shepherd in heart
- Heritage of the Jurovatý family
- Research into wire craft in Slovakia
- From thread to wire
- Tradition or design?
- Keeping craft alive
- There is a dress, and then there is a dress...
- Art making intertwined with life
- How can be drawings embodied in space
- Thin Black Lines
- Works of art as pleasing as Belgium chocolate