Our artists Ida Stipčić Jakšić and Dina Jakšić Pavasović were invited to present their works at the first international seminar “WinSTONE” – Women in Stone. The WinSTONE project, organized by the School of Masonry in Pučišća, is aimed at integrating women into the stone sector, and providing opportunities for employment, retention and advancement of women in the stone industry. At the round table of the conference, Ida and Dina talked about different approaches to shaping and designing in stone and presented their award-winning projects and products. Our designer Ida was one of the first to start making stone souvenirs even twenty years ago. At the lecture, she spoke about her creative path, which began with making stone souvenirs, continued with making unusual clothing items such as a stone dress and unusual jewelry made of semi-precious stones and silver, which she has been making for 15 years. In presentation at the international seminar, dr. art. Dina Jakšić Pavasović, spoke about her exhibition held in a quarry, followed by an exhibition of paintings on stone slabs organized in an abandoned house. Dina’s doctoral dissertation is based entirely on stone work. Apart from stone as a concept, she also uses it in her works, making stone sculptures with an interesting gluing technique that has adorned our galleries for several years. Dina also presented product design works such as a stone bench,“Quatro” stone set, a modular candle holder and some other interesting items from our offer.
Kudos to the organizer of this conference, we were honored to participate in this wonderful project and share the experience with women whose passion is STONE.
