Members of Cooperative

Stories, written in wood …

Andrej Pogorelc
Andrej Pogorelc

I founded my company Dekorles on 16 March 1990. At first, my basic activity was manufacturing and trading with wooden items …

Franc Vesel
Franc Vesel

I fell in love with wood and wood production in my early youth when I observed and helped my father at work. On a lathe machine, he …

Pavel Hočevar
Pavel Hočevar

I was secretary of the Regional Chamber of Craft Ribnica for many years. I was in constant contact with crafters from our environment …

Miran Mate
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 …

Marko Košir
Marko Košir

Wood and woodworking are firmly grounded in our family and have accompanied me all my life. As a child, I spent a lot of time in …

Gregor Pirc
Gregor Pirc

I am a small-scale woodcrafter who continues the family tradition of wood crafting for the fifth generation. For my products, I use local wood …

Franc Jaklič
Franc Jaklič

I am a woodcrafter who has been making wooden vessels since my early childhood. I represent the sixth generation of vessel makers …

OOZ Ribnica
OOZ Ribnica

For 45 years, Regional Chamber of Craft Ribnica has been connecting crafters and entrepreneurs in the area of the municipalities Ribnica…

Rok Košir
Rok Košir

I am already the third woodcrafter generation making genuine Ribnica woodenware. We are known as masters for making …

Matej Trhljen
Matej Trhljen

For many generations, the family Trhljen from Zamostec at Sodražica have been fostering love and respect for the local environment …

Jan Trhljen
Jan Trhljen

I am a mechatronics engineer by profession, but I have always loved woodworking. I am employed in the woodworking business …

Andrej Pintar
Andrej Pintar

Wood crafting has been my work and life since 1980s. In this time, when I am slowly ending my professional path in the field of roof …

Aleksander Zajc
Aleksander Zajc

We are a family business making wooden items for the third generation. We evolved into true masters of woodturning, milling and fine…

Dušan Ilc
Dušan Ilc

I come from Velike Lašče and I am the second successor of the family tradition in producing wooden cooking spoons. This process has…

Prizma Ponikve
Prizma Ponikve

Prizma Ponikve is a special social security institution that was founded for the organised social care of younger and grown-up people…

Festival lesa
Festival lesa

The Kočevje forests extend to the horizon and further. They cover more than 80 % of the municipality and thus it is even more…

Dušan Vesel
Dušan Vesel

I was born in the house where already my father worked with wood. After his retirement, I have continued this beautiful work and have…

Kočevski les
Kočevski les

The forestry and wood manufacturing industries that were leading economy forces in the Kočevsko region, almost came to an end…