COSTUMES OF OUR ANCESTORS PRESENTED IN CLAY

Mrs Ladina Korbar, the author of the costumes exhibition, was born in Divača on 24 April 1946. She lives and works in Domžale where she, together with her family and friends, continues to research into and preserve the costumes of our ancestors.

She was first introduced to clay at a pottery course at a Third Life University. Her figures show that she has fully mastered the issues posed by clay as a specific material. They are materialized pictures and photographic records of history. In her work, she strictly observes the tradition of our heritage, based in particular on the technical literature of the Ethnographic Museum of Slovenia and the Faculty of Arts of the University of Ljubljana.

Her figures have been awarded the mark of a craftwork which is a testimony to their artistic and thematic originality and uniqueness. In the words of Prof. Dr. Janez Bogataj, her works are a significant element of the local, regional and general Slovene identity.

and "National costumes of EU nations presented in clay" by Laina Korbar