Description

The stick has accompanied mankind in all civilisations. Man has used the stick as a tool, as domination over herds of animals. It has been used by people with authority, either as a status symbol or, because of their age, as a walking aid. It has also been used as a weapon, for entertainment, for sport, for magical purposes and more. Its role ranges from ceremonial, military, judicial, educational, sporting, medical and the list goes on. But it also has a deeper, spiritual meaning.

Rama 18,000 years ago, at 4.30 metres tall, also had his stick. Jesus had a stick, shepherds had sticks and our ancestors in the peasant culture also respected what the stick represented and used them. All the avatars had their sticks, as did the chiefs, the holy men. Through the stick the energy of the hand is released and thus achieves a certain purpose, including healing.

Research into trees, living beings, rocks, the cosmos, spiritual vibrations... all this belongs to design. It has been done by all previous civilisations known to us. Plants in nature evolve in relation to the soil, water and sun, and especially how they are "embraced" by the wind or even the bora wind.

"I like to walk in wild nature, by the sea, in the Karst... and in doing so I find phenomenal forms of nature where the tree suffers from the bora wind and other natural phenomena, rocks, cliffs... I choose my sticks intuitively, not by reason. This is how a large collection of interesting sticks has emerged, from the Vipava river, the Soča river and the Nadiža, the Mediterranean, the Karst and also other parts of the world.

My meditation is to find a stick that has a special energy. It's also a matter of feeling it through my hands. Every designer, artist, should work with his hands, otherwise he cannot get the right shape. This is my meditation and the calming of my mind through the visual development of forms. Through research I have found that every form has its own energy. If we want a shape to be positive, it has to have a positive vibration. This way of working is confirmed by the latest research of my works at the BION Institute, where clinical studies have been carried out on the influence of the shapes of these products on the human organism, proving that they have a positive effect on the human organism and its functioning, and support it energetically.

The sticks are different, no two are the same, and so they capture the different latent energy that a human being can use. The chosen stick is best suited to the person's character and energy. Thus it can also be used for sacred purposes, purifying energies, but always with good intentions, for the good of the person.  

What is hidden in these forms? These are the secrets of my whole life and all the vibrations that these forms carry, I symbolically transfer them into the form of useful and decorative products that our sales gallery offers. Each stick is different, unique and carries its own message, its own energy and is dedicated to the individual who receives it. They are all hand-worked, numbered and signed."

UNIQUE LEADERSHIP STICK NUMBER 2

Leadership stick number 2 is personalised and enriched with added Murano glass murrines. Murrine is the Italian term for slices of multicoloured glass rods. These are made by covering the hot glass drawn into a thin rod with new, differently coloured layers of glass, or by fusing several coloured glass rods into one larger one. These rods are then cut into pieces or slices, and the cross-section can be cut into an infinite variety of shapes and motifs. The individual murrines can then be assembled into a whole by placing them in a mould, which is then heated to the melting point of the glass. In this way, a millefiori product is obtained, the so-called 'mosaic glass'. This technique of working glass was known in ancient times, but it was most widespread and recognised in the Venetian workshops on the island of Murano.

Murrine glassmaking is a very old and complex technique that has been handed down from generation to generation, thus preserving cultural heritage.

Oskar Kogoj studied and spent part of his life in Venice, in this beautiful, mystical, studious, architecturally enriched city, where today important events, exhibitions and world-class events take place. Venice has historical and cultural significance.

A member of the Venetian school of art, whose talent was recognised at an early age, he himself had numerous exhibitions in Venice. His sense of aesthetics, precision in craftsmanship and knowledge of tradition opened the door to palaces otherwise inaccessible to the public.

The Kogoj's stick is enriched with real Murano murrini, made according to the ancient principle of hand-pulling the rods, a great, great rarity in this way of making today. They are 80 years old and carry the genuine energy of creation, of making products with soul, passion, love and compassion for art. This enchanting colourfulness of murrines gives us a feeling of freshness, playfulness, joy, joyfulness and captures the whole psychological meaning of colours. The effect of white is calmness, purification, grace, while blue is relaxation, serenity, sensuality, peace, trust... Each colour has its own meaning.

The stick has the energy of creation, a love of the artistic Venetian touch that only special souls with special thinking can understand.