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Slovenian Souvenirs in clay is a line of pottery art clay design products by Polona Zajc. The ceramic souvenir is created by hand from different types of clay, in different design techniques. Some are turned on a pottery spindle, others are cast in plaster moulds or made as impressions in a plaster model. Their images and the characters depicted on them are reminiscent of stories from the past, from different parts of Slovenia. The line of souvenir clay products will always be updated as ideas for their design are constantly coming up.
Pottery art clay design by Polona Zajc
Polona Zajc's Pottery art clay design has a souvenir clay category in its ceramic collection. These products depict different stories from the past. They are based on images from archaeological finds. In this way, they preserve a rich memory of the objects that were created at that time. They can also commemorate different events or features of the cities on our soil.
Situles
Situles as archaeological finds are a great example of how to recreate the characteristics of the time in which they were created in a modern way. Situles are vessels that archaeologists have excavated in various parts of Slovenia, so they are a more than suitable template for designing a souvenir in clay. The beautiful figuration of the situla from Vače, is presented on our product Clay jar situla. The Novomeška situla has also been the template for several custom-made protocol products and tourist souvenirs. Over time, various details from these samples are likely to appear on other clay products. This will lead to a new ceramic souvenir.
Veronica of Kamnik
Veronica of Kamnik is a myth that originated in the history of Kamnik. The myth of Veronica says that Count Veronica lived above Kamnik. She refused the request of the priests to donate money for the church. She cursed herself to turn into a snake instead. The curse was fulfilled. Veronica, half woman, half snake, is still lying at the foot of the Little Castle above Kamnik, waiting for a saviour. The image of Veronica is represented as a clay pendant and a clay cup.
Potted bottle The Waterman and Urška
The potted bootle The Water Man and Urška is an image of a dancing couple who, at a Ljubljana Sunday dance, were forever cast into the Ljubljanica River, which flows through the capital of Slovenia. The myth of the water man, who seduced the beautiful and captivating girl Urška, was depicted by the greatest Slovenian poet, France Prešeren, in his poem Povodni mož. Thus, a piece of rich Slovenian culture is presented in the form of a handmade pottery flask, The Water Man and Urška. They are depicted on their separate sides, yet close together, as they danced and danced faster and faster and finally danced into the waves of the Ljubljanica River. And so became the myth of Ljubljana.
