Tomáš Mikolaj
Last year in September we made a trip together with Mária Farkasová from the department of the protection of folk art production ÚĽUV and visited the French basket making centre – Fayl-Billot in the region of Grand Est in the north-east of France. For more then a hundred years there has been a National basket weaving and wickerwork school here, as part of the secondary gardening and landscaping school. Today it offers short-term, as well as a year-long workshops, and courses for public. In an effort to apply the knowledge gained in France to the Slovak environment ÚĽUV organized a basket weaving workshop in Bratislava. 20 basket makers and designers took part in it and this event was used for not only sharing the experience from France but also for a inspiring conversation and an exchange of ideas.