The work addresses fundamental inequality embodied in certain objects that are strongly marked by gender, class, and national belonging, by combining the world of dirt cleaners with the “recipients of cleanliness.” The produced objects are simultaneously clean and dirty, modest and precious, beautiful and ugly, comfortable and raw. Each of them embodies an everyday object and a tool with which it is cleaned. The symbolic meanings of both intertwine in such a way that the final object does not belong exclusively to the conceptual world of either. The products address the internal tension between the textile element (representing the decorative, flawless, status-oriented, luxurious, comfortable, refined) and the wooden framework (representing the constructive, rigid, coarse, primary, everyday, sturdy).
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Hana Tavčar draws inspiration from traditional crafts and customs in her work. She is interested in everyday objects and images, primitive and genuinely useful. She aims to preserve handmade craftsmanship while incorporating modern technologies. Her works have been exhibited in group and solo exhibitions. In 2022, she participated in the Young Textile Art Triennial in Łódź, Poland.
