The Skills and Secrets of Weaving Masters and Mistresses
At the palace of Grad Castle in Goričko, we are hosting the exhibition The Skills and Secrets of Weaving Masters and Mistresses, which will be on display until May 31, 2025, during the castle’s opening hours (opening hours and entrance fees).
The exhibition was prepared by the Ptuj-Ormož Regional Museum and takes visitors into the world of diverse fabrics and their creation. It presents various textile fibers and their origins, sericulture and silk production, historical textile dyeing techniques, as well as the beauty and value of historical textiles, the creation of tapestries, and their preservation. The exhibition also includes two short films about flax and silk production.
The exhibition is dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the first textile conservation and restoration workshop in Slovenia and the 130th anniversary of the Ptuj-Ormož Regional Museum. The Skills and Secrets of Weaving Masters and Mistresses is the third exhibition in a series of didactically designed museum projects, offering a wealth of educational and entertaining insights into the world of museum objects. When selecting and presenting the patterns of threads, fabrics, different weaving techniques, and conservation-restoration procedures, the authors based their work on exhibits from the Ptuj-Ormož Regional Museum, showcasing them from various perspectives.
The authors of the exhibition are Marina Čurin, Hermina Golc, Eva Ilec, Boštjan Roškar, and Tatjana Štefanič.
Did you know?
- Cotton was once called "white gold" due to its shiny appearance.
- Wool is not only sourced from sheep but also from goats, rabbits, camels, and other animals. Moreover, woolen fibers can bend up to 20,000 times before breaking, while cotton fibers break after just 3,200 bends.
- Silk is resistant to moths and is also harvested from wild silk moths, the most famous being the tussah, or Indian wild silk.
Even more fascinating facts await you at the exhibition in Grad Castle.
