Klockowa lace is one of the showpieces of the Carpathian Brand on the Polish-Slovak border

Beneficiary:   Center for Culture and Promotion of the Bobowa Commune

Slovak partner:   Solnobanksý Čipkársky Cech

Implementation period:   01/07/2018- 30/06/2019

Realized project value: € 30 903.79 , including ERDF co-financing: € 26 268.20,

In order to protect against the oblivion and loss of the unique folk handicraft, old lace, patterns and photographs were collected, which are in the possession of the inhabitants of Bobowa and the surrounding towns. The materials were compiled under the guidance of an experienced ethnographer and then published in the form of an album, brochure and folder. On the basis of the collected materials, an exhibition was also created, which was extended with a dozen recreated, unique lace patterns. The exhibition, which was also accompanied by a presentation of making Bobowa bobbin lace, was presented in two towns in Slovakia in the border zone, as well as in three cities in Poland. As part of the project, an artistic mural was made at the Municipal Office showing bobbin lace with its traditional motifs.

The main activities carried out under the project:

• Query and inventory of the existing historical resources concerning Bobowa bobbin lace . In museums in Kraków, Nowy Sącz and Zakopane, a query of existing resources regarding bobbin lace was carried out. Old lace patterns were collected, which were then photographed and documented. On the basis of cataloged resources in the form of texts, illustrations, photos and interviews, publications in the form of a book, brochure and folder were prepared. Exhibits were also obtained, such as: old lace, old patterns and tools, which were then used to prepare the permanent and traveling exhibitions.
• Permanent and itinerant exhibition . As part of the task, a project was prepared and three costumes for lace makers presenting the production of bobbin lace were sewn. 10 old bobbin laces were also reconstructed on the basis of forgotten patterns obtained from lace makers. The collected materials created an exhibition that was presented in Nowy Sącz, Krosno, Rzeszów, Bardejov and Presov.
• "Bobbin Lace One of the Showcases of Bobowa and the Carpathian Brand"   - publishing a popular science publication, periodical and folder.   The publishing materials were created on the basis of the collected information as a result of a query and inventory of resources concerning over a hundred years of history of bobbin lace in Bobowa. The publications have been translated into Slovak and English.
• Lace mural . On the building of the Municipal Office in Bobowa, an artistic mural was made of bobbin lace with its typical, traditional motifs. Its role is to promote the city as the capital of Polish bobbin lace and to popularize the Carpathian Brand in public space