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# Sculpture

Original sculpture, commissions and workshops.

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Currently featured series

## Shamir I & II.

Shamir is self-reflexive being. This series of nine sculptures grew from introspection and the question of what I truly wanted to see in stone. Here I present Shamir I and II.Both have a hidden space: each Shamir guards a secret.

[Explore the series and its making](<https://manitu.si/shamir/>)

![Shamir I](<https://manitu.si/assets/shamir/original-i.webp>)

[Shamir I](<https://manitu.si/shamir/#shamir-i>) / Marble / 24 × 20 × 15 cm · [Video](<https://manitu.si/assets/shamir/rotation-i.mp4>)

![Shamir II](<https://manitu.si/assets/shamir/original-ii.webp>)

[Shamir II](<https://manitu.si/shamir/#shamir-ii>) / Black marble / 30 × 24 × 17 cm · [Video](<https://manitu.si/assets/shamir/rotation-ii.mp4>)

Original studio videos. Press play to see each sculpture rotate. These works are examples for commissioning a new original sculpture.

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01 / Sculpture & pottery

## Material, form.
And character.

I carve stone and wood, model clay and make pottery. Alongside my own work, I make sculptures to commission; we agree the subject, material and scale around your idea and space.

![Shamir I in progress, with a wooden sculpture behind it](<https://manitu.si/assets/shamir/i-in-hand.webp>)

### Stone and wood

Original sculptures, organic forms and work conceived for a particular space. From a small personal piece to a focal point in a room.

[Explore the Shamir series](<https://manitu.si/shamir/>)

![Tool marks in the white marble of Shamir I](<https://manitu.si/assets/shamir/i-texture.webp>)

### Sculpture commissions

Different subjects, portraits, figures and freely imagined forms. We agree the expression, material, size and setting around your idea. Commissions are offered up to approximately 30–40 kg.

[How to commission a sculpture](<https://manitu.si/sculpture/>)

![Hand-shaped terracotta clay piece on a light surface](<https://manitu.si/assets/img/pottery.webp>)

### Clay and pottery

Modelling, pottery and exploring form in clay. Functional and sculptural objects, and opportunities to make things together in workshops.

[Explore the workshops](<https://manitu.si/sculptures/#workshops>)

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02 / Workshops

## Making.
Together.

I lead occasional sculpture workshops and take part as a mentor, including at Sajeta festival. Working with the material is a starting point for discovering your own forms.

[Get in touch about workshops](<https://manitu.si/sculpture/#contact>)

Sajeta / 2025

### Wood and roots

Mentoring at the traditional wood sculpture workshop.

[Sajeta 2025 programme](<https://www.sajeta.org/en/workshop/traditional-sculpture-workshop-with-wood/>)

Sajeta / 2026

### Wood and Nadiža clay

One of the mentors of the workshop with wood and clay from the Nadiža River, 16–18 July 2026.

[Sajeta 2026 programme](<https://www.sajeta.org/en/workshop/sculpture-workshop-with-konstantin-petrovic-vladimir-ilic/>)

Past collaborations. Contact me directly about future workshops and possibilities for working together.

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Exhibitions and press

## Art and code.
A continuing practice.

Primorske novice · 6 October 2014

### [Poleg jase še gozdna galerija](<https://primorske.si/kultura/poleg-jase-se-gozdna-galerija/>)

A report on the “semenoočje” exhibition in Pečno Park, where I exhibited alongside Vasja Kavčič. It also describes my interdisciplinary practice, from wooden sculptures to code for computer applications.

[Read the original article in Primorske novice](<https://primorske.si/kultura/poleg-jase-se-gozdna-galerija/>)

## Commission a sculpture

[Discuss a commission](<https://manitu.si/sculpture/#contact>)

[Human-readable version](<https://manitu.si/sculptures/>)