Viera Dobrikova

Artist’s Bio

I was born In Slovakia, a small middle European country with a rich folk tradition. In Slovakia I studied history and art at local college and later graduated from Library and Information Technology College.

I came to Canada in 1999, and after living in North Battleford, Saskatchewan for 2 years I moved to Vancouver.

Beside my passion for fiber art (hand spinning, weaving, felting and lace making) I have became interested into the old European tradition, which is making honey gingerbread decorations.
I've learned about this dying art from the literature, my family, visiting museums and antique stores, and talking to people who are interested into preserving this old tradition.

Working with fiber has been always part of my life. I was introduced to this art by my grandmother, later in school and recently by taking classes from local artists, such as Jay Rudolph - lace maker, Linda Montaque - weaver at Richmond Art Center, and others.

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