Halina Dulemba (1946–2022)

In 1999, at the age of 53, she began learning embroidery at the Embroidery Club of the Polish Ethnological Society's Kraków Branch. In 2005, the club transformed into the "Lud-Art" Association of Enthusiasts of Traditional Folk and Artistic Handicrafts, based at the Seweryn Udziela Ethnographic Museum in Kraków, where she served as vice-president until the end of her life.
She mastered numerous techniques, including Kraków, Highlander (Goral), Kashubian, cross-stitch, and shaded hoop embroidery.
Her talent earned her many accolades, such as third prize at the 7th National Exhibition of Cross-Stitch Embroidery "Golden Needle" (2017) and distinctions for four of her works at the 6th National Exhibition of Artistic Handicrafts "From Ariadne's Thread" (2018)—both organized by the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź.
She also participated in the National Kashubian Embroidery Competition in Linia and the exhibition "Thread from the Past: A Display of Works Reviving Antique Patterns of Lace Art" at the Jan Matejko House (a branch of the National Museum in Kraków).
In 2020, she initiated the project "Ritual Towel – Pandemia Anno Domini 2020," a collective linen embroidery created by members of the "Lud-Art" Association, which was displayed at the Kraków Ethnographic Museum.
Her works are preserved in the collections of the Central Museum of Textiles in Łódź, the Museum of Folk Musical Instruments in Szydłowiec, and the Seweryn Udziela Ethnographic Museum in Kraków.
For her social and artistic contributions, she was honored with the Bronze Cross of Merit (2018) and the Honorary Badge "Merit for Polish Culture" (2014).

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