LATVIAN DECOR

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    Born of Latvian parents in 1950 in Adelaide, South Australia. Parents ran a Latvian shop in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, between 1954 – 1982. I have been a Latvian book illustrator. Since 1987 I have been screen-printing Latvian embroidery designs onto cotton tea-towels. From around 2016 I started to cut Latvian symbols into lino and then printed on fabric – making these designs part of oven gloves, mittens and aprons and printing on T-shirts as well. I continue to screen-print the embroidery designs onto tea-towels. Some of the Latvian symbols have been made via laser-cutting 3D printing. I’m open to doing other ethnicity designs. Just contact me at latvian.decor@gmail.com please. I am currently based in Gawler, South Australia. Also available are glass beer mugs with the Latvian symbols of Sun. I am also a gifted palm-reader and numerologist which I have been doing since 1992 both as individual readings and for corporate functions. I started off in the Adelaide Central Market 1992-1999. Since then I have been in the following locations: Gypsy Rose in Semaphore, Birkenhead Tavern, Joy of Flora Cafe in West Croydon and most recently Gawler River Brewing. I have participated in large fairs, most notably at Morphettville. I offer party plan too, in a public venue of the client’s choice, by mutual agreement. In addition I offer instruction in the use of LABYRINTHS as meditation tools helping you see your way through difficult situations. My business name for these activities is KONNEKT-HEART-2=HEART. Find me on Facebook.

    Traditional embroidery

    Traditional embroidery has long been loved by Latvian women. Cross-stitch is highly favoured. You can find samples on national costumes for both men and women, including embroidering with beads, so often used on maidens’ head coverings, usually crowns. Often the embroidery is framed and decorates walls in the home. Some embroider bedcovers and bed linen, while I have taken the traditional designs and screen-printed them onto tea-towels. See Tea-towel section. Thus giving them a practical use in the home. Who doesn’t have tea-towels?

    I call this the “9 Morning Stars” design. It is straight out of an embroidery pattern book.