1670) "Contemporary Lacemaking, Slovenia: A Postage Stamp of 1.37 Euro released by Posta Slovenije (The Post of Slovenia) commemorating local Contemporary Lacemaking: Date of Stamp issue: 29.01.2021:

1670) "Contemporary Lacemaking, Slovenia: A Postage Stamp of 1.37 Euro released by Posta Slovenije (The Post of Slovenia) commemorating local Contemporary Lacemaking: Date of Stamp issue: 29.01.2021:

About Contemporary Lacemaking, Slovenia:

Modern patterns, traditional technique – lacemaker Tina Koder Grajzar:

Of all the various forms of handicrafts, lacemaking is perhaps the one that has focused its creativity most emphatically on a wide variety of modern, technological, functional and design possibilities.

 Lacemaking is in fact a traditional handicraft with a rich heritage that has allowed it to continue developing up to the present day. Yet in order to find new, creative solutions on the foundations of this heritage, adequate knowledge and skills are required that are not only technical but also related to design.

 Great steps have been made in this field through suitable training, not only in basic lacemaking schools and courses, but also via university programmes in which contemporary lacemakers have sought and continue to seek their own creative possibilities. 

Tina Koder Grajzar: Among the latter is Tina Koder Grajzar, a native of Idrija, the centre of Slovene lacemaking, who dedicates herself above all to the creation of contemporary lace jewellery. 

Her focus is not so much on the technique itself, which allows her to maintain the identity of her products with the predominant use of the narrow-tape style (also known as the Idrija style), as on the creation of modern patterns, in other words design. 

An example of this is the necklace featured on the present stamp:

The Postage Stamp (PS) of 1.37 Euro is titled "Pavla Bonca, Tina Koder Gratzar, 2021". On the lower periphery is mentioned the country name "SLOVENIJA" and the face value - "1.37" (Euro).

The First Day Cover (FDC) shows a representation of Tina Koder Gratzar at work on one of her creations. 

The Postage Stamp of 1.37 Euro is affixed at top right. The special Cancellation Handstamp/Postmark is dated - "29.01.2021".

Technical details

Stamp Issue Date: 29.01.2021

Designer: Pavla Bonča

Printer: Agencija za komercijalnu djelatnost d.o.o., Zagreb, Croatia

Process: Offset

Colours: 4 Colours

Links:

1) Republic of Slovenia (meaning -"The Land of the Slavs"):A 500 Tolarjev Banknote from Slovenia before the introduction of the Euro on 15.01.2007

2) "Contemporary Lacemaking", Slovenia: A Postage Stamp of 1.37 Euro released by Posta Slovenije (The Post of Slovenia) commemorating local Contemporary Lacemaking: Date of Stamp issue: 29.01.2021