I live in Slovenia where there is an ever-present and strong influence of the neighbouring Italy and the entire Mediterranean.
Iron-forging is an old craft of tool-making and arms-making that has been present for thousands of years. After the Middle Ages iron-forging evolved into artistic iron-forging and it made furniture pleasant to the eye.
I wish to preserve this tradition which is slowly dying out, and would like to place it into a modern setting.
I consider my work first and foremost art and not a trade, each piece of furniture being made as an artwork.
Each item is handcrafted and entirely the product of my design.
Archaeology was my job. I enjoyed it very much and I am still immensely enthusiastic about it. At the same time I dabbled with iron-forging; I came across it frequently during work and it excited my interest.
In the past the knowledge of metal transformation was mysterious and guarded. I was so overwhelmed that I established the contact with a master blacksmith and was apprenticed to him.
Later I fixed up my own workshop and started to develop my own style which originates from the rich tradition of central Europe.
