Martina Obid Mlakar

Martina Obid Mlakar is a jewellery designer and restorer. Her work fuses traditional goldsmithing and silversmithing techniques with contemporary materials and applications. She completed her studies in restoration at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana, where she was awarded the Academy of Fine Arts and Design Award for Special Artistic Achievement. She has held several solo exhibitions and participated in numerous exhibitions in Slovenia and abroad. Her work has been accepted into the Museum of Architecture and Design collection and the International Collection of Contemporary Jewellery in Legnica, Poland. Her work has been selected for inclusion in various publications and has received recognition from international juries. In 2022, her work was commended by the Gallery of Art in Legnica. In 2021, the Feeling Free collection was awarded the Made in Slovenia label of excellence by the Centre for Creativity/Museum of Architecture and Design, Ljubljana. In 2019, the Animal Farm collection received an award from the Slovenian Designers' Association, and The Crown was commended by the jury at the Gioielli in Fermento international competition in Italy.