Writings

Studio Anja Slapničar invites you for an upcoming ceramic exhibition Whispers of Earth by Lou Smedts. Exhibition will be accompanied together with studio’s renovated architecture. A celebration of both will happen on June 1 at 11am. Tržaška cesta 36, Ljubljana (1st floor). Welcome!

With my outmost happy excitement I present a new glaze workshop with my wood-fire mentor Lou Smedts! June 17th – June 23rd, Ljubljana, Slovenia https://anjaslapnicar.com/secrets-of-natural-glazes/

V Gornjem Gradu se bo 16. marca pričela 16 urna delavnica z glavno temo nabiranja in izdelovanja keramike iz lokalne geologije. Studio bo sodeloval z Majo in Amando, lokalkama, ki razvijata domače čaje Gornjega Grada z imenom Baba čaj. Urnik: 1. sobota – 16. marec med 9. in 13. uro Iskanje materialov na terenu v … CONTINUE READING ———>

Vabljeni na čajanko, kjer bomo degustirali prave slovenske zeliščne čaje, ob katerih bomo poslušali lokalne zgodbe in se učili o domačih zeliščih. // We invite you to a tea ceremony where we will be serving Slovenian herbal teas, and where we will be listening and learning stories about local herbs. info: studio@anjaslapnicar.com

Croatian artist Lidia Boševski uses inspiration and materials from nature and combines it with clay. She visited us in Ljubljana and her workshop With clay in nature took us to explore our inner connections with primary nature. We wandered around the woods near Kranj, rich with all kinds of clays, with which we built nature … CONTINUE READING ———>

V septembru se bo zgodila nova 2-dnevna delavnica Z glino v naravi, ki jo bo vodila priznana hrvaška keramičarka Lidia Boševski. Popeljali vas bomo v naravo –  v okolico Kranja, v gozd poln gline, okre, kremena in ostale zanimive geologije.   “Opazovanje narave in sledenje svojemu osebnemu impulzu privlačnosti proti detajlom odpre vaš lastni center … CONTINUE READING ———>

I kindly invite you to the opening of exhibition Katalog slovenskih glin – Catalogue of slovene clay, project by Urban Magušar: 18.5.2018, Linhartov trg 4, Radovljica, Slovenia On the same day, exhibition Slovenske gline – Slovene clays will also took place at the same location, where potters from all over Slovenia will present their artworks, which will … CONTINUE READING ———>

I met Maja and Amanda at a tea ceremony we had few weeks ago. They are currently planning to grow a herb garden with local Slovenian herbs to produce Slovenian tea. They asked me if I could make ceramics for them, out of their local clay. So I assigned them the first task: ask the … CONTINUE READING ———>

10. in 11. marca bo v studiu potekala delavnica izdelave čajnika. Pri izgradnji čajnika bo uporabljena tehnika izgradnje iz kačic. V prvem delu bomo obravnavali oblike različnih čajnikov, sestavne dele čajnika in njihove funkcije ter vse pomembne prelomne točke čajnika. V kratkem uvodu bomo komentirali fiziko gline in njene zakone ter jih združili s fiziko … CONTINUE READING ———>

In Logatec, southeast of Slovenia’s capital, I have collected 4 different clays. Only one stands high temperatures, but it has one mayor fault. It contains very small particles of charcoal-like material. And because clay itself is very plastic and consists of finest of clay particles it is also a very closed clay body. The organic … CONTINUE READING ———>