The master’s thesis will discuss the development of leather craft in Domžale from the beginning to the present day. We will describe the flourishing of leather factories, their ruin and the reasons for that. We will also present the current situation of leather factories in Slovenia, find out whether any of them are still operative and demonstrate the work of a tanner. The profession of the tanner will be also presented in the thesis.
The survey questionnaire will be distributed to the 4th grade teachers at the Domžale elementary school. We will discuss and qualitatively and quantitatively analyse the information we will obtain from the survey questionnaire, which will allow us to see how the 4th grade teachers at the Domžale elementary school teach their pupils about the leather craft (4th grade, social science classes). We will conduct two interviews, one interview with a professional tanner and another with an excellent designer of luxurious leather goods.
We also wanted to conduct an interview with Matija Okršlar, a tanner and son of the former director of Toko, Vinko Okršlar. Unfortunately, he cancelled the interview at the last moment. The interviews will allow us to gain information regarding the development of leather craft (both historical as technical) in Domžale and the current situation of this craft in the town.
We will also present the future prospects of leather craft and visit the Straw Hat Museum in Domžale, where a special event, a round table, was hosted in honour of the leather craft in Domžale. The event took place on 14 December 2016. On this occasion, we will gain important information about the Toko leather factory, which was one of the most important leather factories in Europe that significantly marked the history of leather craft in Domžale.
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