Let yourselves be charmed by the half-a-millennium-long history of Idrija mercury!

SidroEver since in 1490 the tub maker soaking his tub in a creek and found droplets of unusually heavy and unfamiliar shining matter, life in Idrija revolved around one thing only: mercury.

Idrija lace

Be amazed at the delicately interwoven threads of the hand-made Idrija lace!

Idrija has always been recognized as an important centre of lacemaking knowledge that spread the craft of designing and making lace art into the world.

Stay home - make lace

#stayhomemakelace

Since the announcement of the pandemic caused by the coronavirus COVID-19, the attention has turned to daily monitoring of the virus's prevalence, changes in ordinances, laws and bans, which makes us all restless. There is also a lack of cultural component. Physical contacts during pandemic can endanger our health.
However, we humans are social beings, we need connections, we need culture. We want to show that despite everything we can take a step forward. Towards connections, communication and culture.

During this emergency situation, we invite all lacemakers, designers of lace patterns, as well as creators of graphic representations of lace to create products themed "Corona lace" to express feelings in times of isolation.

Size, colour and lacemaking technique are left...