NEŽA MIA ANDLOVIC,
Academy of fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana, Slovenia
Strobilus I. and Strobilus II.
Wearable rings, with glass in the shape of a pine cone, attached with metal. The rings differ in the type of cone: Strobilus I. is mainly closed in shape, while Strobilus II. reaches beyond its shape, it blooms. When worn, the rings remind us of nature, which always offers us shelter and the possibility to move away; nature allows us to take a break from a tense life and to bloom mentally and personally again.
Material: glass, copper
Technique: lost wax technique, hand metalworking, copper, darkened with sulphur
Neža Mia Andlovic (born in 2003) is a third-year BA student in the field of unique design at the Academy of fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana. She first encountered design in high school for design and photography, where she studied fashion design. Her works with glass and ceramic. She draws inspiration mainly from nature and plants. Her works are related to the search for natural organic forms and testing different techniques in both materials (casting, lost wax technique, engraving in glass, firing ceramics in a cave, printing on clay, etc.).
She has also participated in numerous group student exhibitions and projects, including: in 2023 PRE>TOK, Public Institute for Tourism and Culture Rogaška Slatina, Ana’s Gallery (repeated exhibition in the Rogaška Slatina exhibition and sales salon, Ljubljana), SPREGLEDANO, Media Nox Gallery, Maribor, SVETLOBNA GVERILA Project, Ljubljana, in 2024 PRELET, Media Nox Gallery Maribor and KONGLOMERAT, Youth Center, Koper.