TANJA PODBEVŠEK
Volnenke (Woolen beads)
Jewelry made from felted wool represents a contemporary interpretation of a traditional material – wool as a substance, transformed into a new expression by the creative process. Soft fibres are shaped by hand into three-dimensional structures, where each piece is created as a complete unique work.
Felted wool, with its shape, texture and colour transitions, creates a subtle play of light and shadow, which gives the jewelry depth and movement that is often unnoticed in traditional use. Wool, strongly anchored in Slovenian cultural heritage, is thus lifted from the everyday environement and revived as a design medium, a symbol of the connection between tradition, innovation and sustainability. VOLNENKE tell a story of the reinterpretation of heritage, which through a creative touch becomes something entirely new, yet intimately homely.
Material
Wool
Technique
Wet felting
TANJA PODBEVŠEK, Slovenia
She was born in 1967 in Ljubljana. In 1995 she completed her university studies in Textile and Clothing Design at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology (NTF), Department of Textiles in Ljubljana. In 1997 she completed her master’s degree in Clothing Management at The Scottish College of Textiles, Galashiels in Great Britain, and in 2001 she completed her doctoral studies at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, Department of Textiles in Ljubljana. Since 1995 she has been employed at UL NTF, Department of Textiles in Ljubljana as a teaching assistant.
Since 2020, she has been designing in porcelain and textile composites. She is engaged in wool felting, designing wood (wooden lamps and other interior objects), as well as in designing textile and clothing collections.
