Experimental Workshop on Making Biobeads for Jewellery with Lea Culetto
Workshop
Friday, 18 April 2025, 5 – 7 pm
Saturday, 19 April 2025, 12 – 1 pm
Škuc Gallery, Stari trg 21, Ljubljana
Participants will explore of how to make biomaterials from natural ingredients (e.g. alginate and natural dyes) in an experimental two-part workshop led by artist Lee Culetto. The workshop will allow participants to make their own bioplastic beads for jewellery, learning the basics of the chemical processes that enable the creation of bioplastics. Participants will be able to use the resulting beads to creatively repurpose existing jewellery. The workshop focuses on the intersection of art, science, design, and technology, with a special emphasis on sustainable practices.
The workshop is intended for ages 16+. No prior knowledge is required. The number of places is limited. Registration is required.
A 5 EUR fee covers the cost of materials and is payable upon receipt of an invoice after registration.
REGISTRATION AT: lara.plavcak@scca-ljubljana.si.
Lea Culetto (1995) graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts and Design at the University of Ljubljana in 2019. Since then, she has been working as a self-employed artist accredited by the Ministry of Culture in the field of the visual arts with a focus on feminism. She questions ideals, taboos and notions of the female body through objects and installations that she creates with textiles and mixed media. She usually draws on personal experience. She has presented her work in solo shows at Miklova hiša Gallery (Ribnica), Aksioma (Ljubljana), Ravnikar Gallery Space (Ljubljana), Božidar Jakac Gallery (Kostanjevica na Krki), Kresija Gallery (Ljubljana), Likovni salon Celje (Center for Contemporary Arts, Celje) and MGLC Švicarija, where she was an artist in residence (2021–2023). She has participated in numerous group exhibitions, including Returning the Gaze (Cukrarna, 2022), Body and Territory (Kunsthaus Graz, 2023) and For Your Pleasure (MG+, 2023). She is creatively involved with various international festivals where she either exhibits, e.g. City of Women, Red Dawns, Lesbian Quarter and Festival Račka, or leads workshops, e.g. Bobri (Ljubljana, 2021). She participated as a mentor in The Old Continent project at MGLC Švicarija (Ljubljana, 2022) and as a costume designer (upon the invitation of Varja Hrvatin) in the performances Shame on You (Ljubljana Puppet Theatre, 2022), Ikigai (Celje City Theatre, 2023) and SUKEBAN (Cankarjev dom, City of Women, Ljubljana, 2024). As a visual artist, she was selected to participate in the SAiR project (Sustainability is in the Air, 2023–2025), which is organised by the International Centre of Graphic Arts Ljubljana. (Photo: personal archive)
The workshop is part of the programme accompanying Lea Culetto’s Combing Through exhibition at Škuc Gallery.
Cover image: Lea Culetto
Organisation: World of Art/SCCA-Ljubljana, Škuc Gallery
Partner: Slovenian Jewelry Week 2025
Support: Municipality of Ljubljana – Department for Culture
