At last! / Končno!

Finally I made it! Thanks to EPK for the support... our first prototypes made from porcelain ;)
exhibited in teahouse Čajek in Maribor
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Končno mi je uspelo, hvala EPK za podporo... Škratovi prvi prototipi iz porcelana ;)
Razstava v čajnici Čajek na Slovenski ulici v Mariboru

ARTish april12

Takole je bilo:
Škrata s sosedo KIČjeRAJ

Fotkat sem šla prepozno, tako je bila svetloba zelo slaba in je dosti slik neostrih. AMPAK, res je bilo fino, sosedje so bili super!

See you all at ARTish/ Se vidimo na ARTish

Š.k.r.a.t. is going to Ljubljana this Sunday on ARTish- festival of Slovene creativity - Kino Šiška, see you there!

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Š.k.r.a.t. pride v soboto v Ljubljano na ARTish -ustvarjalni festival s prodajno razstavo avtorskih del slovenskih ustvarjalcev -v Kinu Šiška, se vidimo!

Even leaves wear mohair / Celo listje se je odelo v moher

In the garden / Na vrtu

As you can tell I really like photographing flowers... maybe someday these will turn into greeting cards. Compositions are similar but they were made with greeting cards in mind ;)

Kot verjetno lahko uganete rada slikam rože... in morda se bodo nekoč tele pokazale na novih čestitkah. Nekaj kompozicij se ponavlja, ampak narejene so bile z mislijo na čestitke ;)

New designs for spring 2/ Novi motivi za pomlad 2

Nothing does more harm then hurry to a cup of tea ...

Nič ne škoduje skodelici čaja bolj kot naglica...

New designs for spring / Novi motivi za pomlad

Handmade stencils for a change... plus keyhangers with strong magnets!

Doma narejene šablone za spremembo... plus obešalniki za ključe z močnimi magnetki!

April, that is me / April, to sem jaz

First photos from this week`s photo session

All I can say: it was wonderfull week but it was also one of the most horrible weeks ever (top 5)!

...just like april...

Prve fotografije s fotosešna tega tedna

Vse kar lahko rečem je le to: bil je čudovi teden in bil je tudi en najhujših tednov sploh (top 5)!

...aprilski pač...

Animal shelter new products / Novi izdelki za azil

As promised- we designed some a few new products for our municipal animal shelter:

- birthday calendar with animal illustrations

- small bags for dog walks (treats, doggie plastic bags or just anything else). We made two kinds- one with a belt and another with a carabiner

- small cushions/toys filled with cat nip

Kot smo obljubili smo naredili nekaj novih izdelkov za azil...

- koledarček rojstnih dni z živalskimi ilustracijami

- majhne torbice za sprehode (za pasje piškotke, plastične vrečke ali kaj drugega). Naredili smo dve obliki- eno s pasom in zaponko in drugo s karabinom

- majhne blazinice/igračke polnjene z mačjo meto, ki jo muce obožujejo

What`s new? / Kaj je novega?

What`s new?

Skrat is working on a new project- new mould for ceramics hopefully ;)

Of course faze no. 1 is some daydreaming, doodling and sketching on a paper... I would like to make a jar for storing coffee, sugar or something like that. My plan is simple form with a nice curve and interesting lid (or maybe few different lids).

When the image in your head is done, I pourred plaster cylinder (appropriate size for my form). I pourred it onto some kind of adapter for my lathe (so that the cylinder could be clamped into my lathe. After a few days (cca 2) I clamped the cylinder and started turning. Plaster is wonderful material for turning. Anybody who tried wheel turning should try lathe - it is even better because you can see the form the whole time (no bird`s eye view). There are some problems with mould making but more about that next time.

Few pictures of how it all started...

Kaj je novega?

Škrat dela nov projekt- nov kalup za vlivanje keramike, upajmo ;)

Seveda je prva faza malo sanjarjenja, čečkanja in skiciranja na papir. Jaz bi za začetek rada naredila posodo za kavo, sladkor ali kaj podobnega. Tako čimbolj preprosto obliko, z lepo krivuljo in zanimivim pokrovom (hmm morda tudi z več različnimi pokrovi).

Ko je slika v glavi vsaj približno gotova, vliješ valj iz mavca primerne velikosti (vliješ ga na držalo, ki ga lahko vpneš na stružnico). Čez nekaj dni (cca 2) ga vpneš na stružnico in centriraš, nato pa sledi čarovnija. Mavec se namreč čudovito struži in je res super. Kdor je kdaj poskusil lončariti mu priporočam tudi struženje- je v bistvu še boljše, saj je izdelek cel čas viden (ne gledaš iz ptičje perspektive...) in struži se zares čudovito. Seveda je nekaj težav pri kalupih ampak o tem kdaj drugič.

Sledi nekaj slikic kako se je tole začelo...

Soapopera "What we did in 2010?" Part 3 / Tretji del žajfnice "Kaj smo počeli v 2010?"

More pictures of products and illustrations made for Animal shelter in Maribor.

You can order those products from their web site (just write to Contacts and they will send them to you). Our cooperation is far from being over, we promise to make new things soon!

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Še nekaj slikic izdelkov in ilustracij, ki so bile narejene za Mariborski azil.

Če bi jim radi pomagali in hkrati dobili še lušne izdelke, se obrnite na Mariborski azil. Pišite jim, naročite in vam jih bodo poslali. Našega sodelovanja še ni konec, obljubimo, da bomo hitro naredili še kaj novega!