Visualizations use the stated dimensions as a scale reference; they are not installation drawings.
Studies in placement
Where would yours belong?
A private room. A window that makes you stop. A moment before the auction begins. Three imagined settings for two real sculptures.
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A quiet companion.
Shamir I on a sideboard in a private reading room. Small enough to live close to; detailed enough to keep discovering.
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A reason to stop.
Shamir II in an imagined gallery window. Glass, evening light and the contrast between a dark polished centre and the carved surface.
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A study in anticipation
Before the first bid.
An imagined auction preview with Shamir I and II. A visual exploration of how setting changes our encounter with an object.
This is a fictional scene. Neither an actual auction listing nor a record of a sale.
All room, gallery, window and auction settings on this page are AI-generated visualizations based on photographs of the actual works. They illustrate possible placements; they do not document exhibitions, clients, endorsements or sales. Details and scale may vary from the originals. Use the original films and studio photographs to assess the sculptures.
From the workshop
Before the room, there was the stone.
Real footage from the making of Shamir I and II. The tools, the dust, the decisions, and the gradual arrival of a form.
Shamir I / Finding the formOriginal workshop footage · silentShamir II / Working the black marbleOriginal workshop footage · silent
Closer to the material / Original archive
Two stories in stone.
Each sculpture has its own journey from rough form to finished surface. Photographs and two short films offer a closer look, a reverse view and a sense of scale in the hand. Open a photograph to see it larger.
Shamir I during the making · scale in the hand ↗
I / Light marble
From a block to a character.
In the early stages, the form is still held within a rectangular piece of stone. The curling body, openings and rhythm of cuts emerge gradually. A view from the other side reveals how differently the same sculpture can read.
The photograph in the hand shows its scale during the making. The finished Shamir I measures 24 × 20 × 15 cm. It also has a hidden function: a ring, a small key or another small object can be concealed beneath it. The film demonstrates this feature; photograph 02 shows the opening from the other side.
01 / A view from the workshop ↗02 / The other side of the sculpture ↗03 / Tool marks in light marble ↗
Shamir II · original workshop photograph ↗
II / Black marble
One stone. Two surfaces.
The smooth centre and roughly carved edges reflect light differently. Close-up photographs reveal small pale structures in the dark stone, stepped cuts and the transition between the two surfaces.
Shamir II measures 30 × 24 × 17 cm and has a similar hidden function to Shamir I: a ring, a small key or another small object can be concealed beneath it. An earlier photograph shows the centre before finishing, while the short film brings you close to the surface work.
01 / The centre before finishing ↗02 / Stone structure in the smooth centre ↗03 / The rhythm of carved edges ↗
Made by Miha Plohl.
I make sculptures in stone and wood in Slovenia. Shamir I and II bring together carved texture, smooth surfaces and forms that leave room for your own interpretation.
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