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The interest for reviving those things is definitely awakening
and is getting bigger and bigger. Mostly because the
desire for nicely decorated, pleasant, unique, personal
and interesting spaces is getting bigger as well. Besides,
knowledge of the fact that certain impressions require
certain techniques, and that they can’t be achieved
with previous ordinary techniques, materials or “perfect”
modern colours, is also getting bigger by the day. The
special strength of using these techniques and natural
materials is that they have been tested over the course
of centuries and we positively know that they don’t lose
its quality over the years; on the contrary, they receive a
whole new dimension, and growing old and being used
makes them even more beautiful. An excellent example
is provided in the new facades we make with these
tested old recipes, for both the mortar and the paint.
That’s when we usually use pigments of local earth for
painting, but also other “earth” pigments, which enable
us to achieve durability and a “happy” aging process
for such a façade.
Mural painting is also something that certain ambiences
simply ask for. Simply put, when you see a beautiful arc
or wall in an old villa in, for example, Lovran or Korčula,
it’s a pity not to paint because it multiplies the quality of
the space, and gives it the dimension, significance and
flair it deserves.
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Fasada u Funtani / Facade in Funtana
Detalj iz restorana Deni / Detail from Deni restaurant
You live in the poetic heart of Istria these days, just outside
of Pazin, where you also have the headquarters of
your “business for artistic creativity” you named “Heritage”.
That very name contains a reference because it
implies preserving one’s heritage and legacy. How important
is that to you and how much does it affect your
overall work?
I chose that name because I want to contribute to our
heritage being preserved, and I would also love for my
works to become something that future generations
would want to preserve. I think it’s impossible to completely
express yourself in this contemporary world if we
don’t use our heritage as the starting point. The reason
the company’s called “Heritage”, instead of “Legacy”,
is because it’s also the name of my favourite rose, as
well as my family’s.
On the other hand, you graduated in London, which is
a city that is synonymous to urban life, counterculture
and “street style” in fashion and art. Has London had any
effect on you and is there maybe a Pazin-London contrast
in there, because both of those environments must
have, at least slightly, influenced you as an artist?
It’s natural that my period in London influenced me as
an artist. I don’t think it’s possible to live in London and
prevent that from happening. Meetings with the painting
stars of the world, as well as with many other interesting
people, countless top-class exhibits, a phenomenal
choice of periodics and literature, coming “face
to face” with the great accomplishments of decorative
paintings – all this is just something that I can recall in
this quick manner. I also think that influences shouldn’t
be looked just among the art elements, because just living
in that city has certainly had a tremendous amount
of effect on me and has shaped me into an artist and
a person I am today. On the other hand, central Istria