Miran Mate
In Ribnica, a baby in the cradle is set on the doorstep soon after birth. They rock the cradle, so that the child falls out sooner or later. If the baby falls into the house, they say, he will be a woodcrafter. If he falls to the yard, he will be a peddler. I fell on the doorstep, thus I am a peddler returning again and again back to his forest-surrounded valley. For a long time, I have been organizing various fairs, working in public relations, marketing and leading of business projects. I love working with people, connecting various ways of creativity and knowledge… At this crucial moment for the planet, I see as the most important thing joining the social, scientific, technological, economic, ethnologic, cultural, and creative synergies for sustainable development. In our woodenware-making area, wood is crucial. Together with my colleagues of the Handicraft Cooperative Sodražica I will strive to ensure that the brand of high-quality and innovative wooden items In situ fills up more and more spaces, activities and lives for the future of wood and mankind …
