CV of the maker

Silvia Ivanova Ivanova is the maker of the presented today Folk-style dolls collection.

She graduated at the National University of Music. For a while she did some teaching at the university and was a member of the University's orchestra.

In 1976 she takes an exam in the Guild of the Masters of National Artistic Crafts with the Ministry of Culture and according to the Guild's chart she was given master's degree in the making of „folk-style dolls" branch.

This artistic craft gives new meaning to the Bulgarian national costume by resurrecting its beauty and richness despite its unusefulness today. With this contemporary and creative new looks the Bulgarian national costume becomes a symbol with an artistic-souveniric value.

With her work with the Guild Silvia Ivanova participates in many contests and exhibitions of national and international significance. She wins many awards such as the Committee of culture award at the International exhibition in 1978 which took place in Oreshak; the Charter for participation in the exhibition in Moscow from the Guild in 1979; the Charter for creative achievements in the second annual Artistic Crafts exhibition in Sofia 1981; „The golden peacock feather" at the international Gathering for the Folk-style doll" in Krakow, Poland 1985 and was given as a winning gift a Rug with the embroidered image of the Wavel cathedral; she won a charter and the individual prize again at the same occasion in 1987; the Gold medal in the International exhibition in Oreshak 1988 due to her creative achievements with the artistic crafts; Participation chart in the exhibition in Beijing (Peking), China in 1989.

In today's presentation of Folk-style dolls you will be able to enjoy the beauty of the festal female costumes from the different ethnographic regions of Bulgaria and those of the Bulgarian immigrants from Macedonia and Asia Minor.