Rose of Hope – Peace Dove

In front of the Idrija Lace School
From June 13 to August 31

Rose and rose and rose and rose and rose…

In the #ROSEOFHOPE action by artist Eva Petrič, in collaboration with the Idrija Lace School and the Idrija Tourism Institute, more than 500 lacemakers from 11 countries participated in the 2nd amateur exhibition at last year’s Idrija Lace Festival, creating 910 roses of hope.

They wove their hopes into them and, after the festival, handed them over to Eva Petrič, who transformed them into a new work that reflected the collective hope of almost a thousand roses, their creators.

For this year’s festival, she has united them into a large collective Rose of Hope and transformed it into the Bird of Peace—so it may carry hope for peace and harmony around the world, to all places where peace and harmony are lacking… At the same time, she combined the lace roses with the names of the participants into a 12-minute video calling for peace and understanding among all people on this planet.

Text and photo: Eva Petrič