The embroidery Labour of Love was made in the last trimester of pregnancy. Moments before birth. Taken at a hectic time in life when many things were at stake. Renovating a bathroom and being without a toilet for a week, becoming regular at the next-door bar. Finding calm moments amid it all to embroider and spend some of the last moments entirely by herself. It is a sequel to the Anticipating Motherhood embroidery.

Anticipating Motherhood was created at a month-long residency in Krk, delving into a new medium – embroidery. Each element serves as a metaphor. The cupid represents the guardian of the growing pearl – baby; the slide is all the fun times ahead, while the storm clouds represent all the hardships. Rainbow is for catching the feeling of warmth, voyaging around the world in a little car. Being appreciative of every element going her way, whether good or bad.

Petra Korent, born in 1997 and living in Ljubljana, Slovenia, is a visual artist working primarily in illustration. In 2017, she presented her work with a solo exhibition at DobraVaga Gallery in Ljubljana. Since then, she has actively participated in many group and solo exhibitions. She explores different media in her work, beginning with simple line drawing and expanding to textile, sculpture, woodwork, and painting. She is a member of the Ljubljana-based artistic collective Podmladek.

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Vezenina Delo ljubezni je nastala v zadnjem trimesečju nosečnosti. Trenutki pred porodom. V hektičnem obdobju življenja, ko je na kocki mnogo stvari. Prenoviti kopalnico, biti teden dni brez stranišča, postati stalna gostja v sosednjem lokalu. Ob vsem tem najti mirne trenutke za vezenje. Najti nekaj zadnjih trenutkov popolnoma zase. Gre za nadaljevanje vezenine V pričakovanju materinstva.

Vezenina V pričakovanju materinstva je nastala na enomesečni rezidenci na Krku, kjer se je umetnica poglobila v nov medij – vezenje. Vsak element služi kot metafora. Kupid predstavlja varuha rastočega bisera – otroka; tobogan prinaša zabavne čase, ki se kažejo v prihodnosti, nevihtni oblaki pa težave. Mavrica lovi občutek topline na potovanju okrog sveta v majhnem avtomobilu. Biti hvaležna za vsak element, ki ji pride na pot, pa naj bo dober ali slab.

Petra Korent, rojena leta 1997, živi v Ljubljani. Je vizualna umetnica, primarno se ukvarja z ilustracijo. Leta 2017 se je predstavila na samostojni razstavi v Galeriji DobraVaga v Ljubljani. Od takrat aktivno sodeluje na skupinskih in samostojnih razstavah. V svojem delu raziskuje različne medije, preprosto linijsko risbo, tekstil, kiparstvo, mizarstvo in slikarstvo. Je članica ljubljanskega umetniškega kolektiva Podmladek.