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Craft Techniques of Slovakia

The Depository documents 2 techniques in Slovakia; by risk level: 1 endangered, 1 vulnerable. Each record opens with a public summary; the full research record is free to view once registered.

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Metalwork & Jewelry

  • Drotárstvo — Slovak Wire Craft and Itinerant TinkeringMetalwork & Jewelry · Endangered

    The manual bending and weaving of wire — historically iron, later steel and other metals — into functional household repair work and, over time, decorative art objects, documented by Slovak heritage sources as 'a technical and artistic…

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Dyeing & Surface Design

  • Slovak Modrotlač — Blue Print Textile TraditionDyeing & Surface Design · Vulnerable

    The Slovak modrotlač (blue print) tradition — the production of the distinctive Slovak resist-printed indigo textile whose characteristic white geometric and floral patterns on deep indigo blue ground are produced by applying a resist…

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