Last Day in the Krnjaca Camp
14.12 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
This is now our last day in the Krnjaca camp. It is strange to see the space empty and cleaned in the same state as we found it the first time we came... | 
Packing
11.12 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
All our stuff is packed and we are waiting for our friend Max to come with a van to transport it to the new places. Chow our third member of minipogon... | 
Even our Trash Is Beautiful!
11.12 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Second day of cleaning and dismantling the workshop. We keep all the rests, so called "trash" from our work, as this is the material for the most inte... | 
Rachel's Bowl
09.12 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Last week in the Krnjaca camp. We are packing and already taking things. Rachel Klipa, running Community Arty Center in Pittsburgh is our last guest ... |
Bye Bye Krnjaca
06.11 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
We had a meeting with the management of the Commissariat for refugees who are managing the camps, and were informed that we have to leave the workshop... | 
1st collaboration with Ecoplastics
05.11 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Ecoplastics called us as they wanted to land our shredder for shredding 200 PET plastic bottles for their experiments in making pavement tiles. But we... | 
1st collaboration with Ecoplastics 2
05.11 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
The workshop was filled with the piles of plastic bottles which at the end of the day were successfully converted in two big sacks of shredded PET. | 
Posthuman Work
01.11 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
With a little help of our friends, namely Reza's new cat Karona is helping with sorting the plastic lids.. |
Busy day in the Workshop
18.10 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Making new tests with the extruder is the thing to do now. Daniela, girl employed in Commissariat, arist and scientist by vocation, visited us and eng... | 
New Extruded Objects
17.10 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Lots of new products from HDPE plastic made on the extruder. Everything done in one day! | 
Back to the Camp
13.10 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
After a longer period of absence, summer vacations, building machines in Albania and the exhibition we are returning to our workshop in the Camp. Ther... | 
Living in Interesting Times
24.09 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
We are living in the interesting times, in many ways. So we make a new line of wall watches to underline this! |
New Products - Earrings
29.08 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
The rests of the thin boards are used for making clip earrings. | 
Breaking a Chair
21.08 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Finally we are back from vacations and the workshop is full of new plastic pieces ready for breaking and shredding. Reza took a challenge to de-fragme... | 
New contigent of materials
06.08 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
As the exhibition is finished we finally could bring all of the plastics which were kept there on display. There will be a lots of work today... | 
Pashto - Serbian Clasess
01.08 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Spontaneous language lessons (Pashto / Dari / Serbian / English) are taking place in the work breaks. Wais, an afghan guy talented for languages is ma... |
Shredder Box Remont
01.08 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Today there was a problem with the shredder box and we used this opportunity to do a general remont. Here are Khairullah and Wais leading the operatio... | 
Preparing the Plastics
31.07 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
The exhibition is over and finally we could bring all of the plastic resources which served as decoration there to the workshop and start preparing it... | 
Our 1st purchase of waste plastic from neighbourning Roma Settlment
31.07 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
When we went to a Roma settlement to find a young guy Dževad and give him a bowl in which fabrication he took part last winter when Roma settlers brok... | 
Caps from the Camp
23.07 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
As all our plastic resources were captured in the exhibition installation we were left without materials for work. Therefore Noorullah took an initiat... |
Mosaic Table Board
26.06 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Khairulla is filling the gaps between
triangular plastic tiles with the black
silicon. The board will be used for a small
hexagonal coffee and tea ... | 
Making Cricket Bat
12.06 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Khairulla and other guys came to the studio
in hurry to make a cricket bat. It all took
15min, and they rapidly went out to play. | 
CNC machine electronics box
06.06 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
The CNC machine had some missing parts for
housing the electronics, so an old shampoo
bottle was improvised as one | 
CNC machine
04.06 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
CNC machine being assembled
Donation from the Polyhedra Belgrade, www.polyhedra.co |
Assembling the New Shredder
29.05 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Finally we are slowly starting to assemble the new
double shredder. With it it will be possible to
shred 2 types of plastic at the time without a
n... | 
Curious crowd
16.05 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
There is always new guys in the camp who peek
through the window of of our studio in the camp.
We chat a little bit and invite them to join us
insi... | 
Mould by Comission
15.05 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
A dutch fashion designer Danielle Van Camp
commissioned us to produce a mould for the hat
stripes. Here it is assembled but still needs some
improv... | 
Safety Regulations
14.05 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Keeping safe is very important especially for the
youngest mates :) such as Mortaza. |
Table-board Triangular Tiles Design
09.05 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
An initiative came from Jadranka Ahlgren,
very active retired architect to produce a
small oriental coffee tables. This is our
approach to the tabl... | 
Extending the Workshop
08.05 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Khairula has an experience of working in
car mechanic workshop in Afghanistan so he
could very fast take over lots of tasks
requiring technical ski... | 
06.05 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
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Shredding full speed
23.04 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
To break the plastic in smaller pieces, so it can
fit the shredder, is a task that requires some
more strength, luckily there are always some guys
... |
Spanish Video Artist Discovering New Medium of Expression
18.04 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
An old friend from Spain who visited Belgrade for
his exhibition came to visit our workshop in the
camp. He made some experiments with the extruder
... | 
Mastering the Extrusion
17.04 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
We brought new contingent of plastic from
our new discovered supply in Zemun
flea-market privately owned scrap-yard.
Also some of the new-arrived g... | 
Would you like some coffee or tea?
11.04 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
The guys are using a window as a shortcut if they
want to borrow from us anything they might need at
the moment, such as tools, cigarettes, or simil... | 
Mortaza and the Rabbit
10.04 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Mortaza got the rabbit and came to show it to us,
his dream is to have a cat when he finally arrive
to Germany.. |
I made this
05.04 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Bowl made on the extruder | 
I made this
05.04 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Bowl made on the extruder | 
Arteza in action
04.04 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Our close friend who is working with minipogon for
some time now is always finding the ways of
improving either the products we are making,
suggest... | 
Extrusion talents
03.04 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
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Extrusion talents
03.04 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
A group of guys came to our studio, for the first
time, tried to work on the extruder and some of
them without much instructions did a great job,
f... | 
New Guys Joining
26.03 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
The barrack where our workshop is placed
remained empty during all of the winter,
but with the spring new arrivals are
coming, and this week we got... | 
Towel Hanger Prototype
19.03 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Dejan had an idea to try to make a small
foldable hanger from the remaining pieces
of the board he bought from us. | 
Ali Hazrat
14.03 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Our new close collaborator is Ali Hazrat.
He is only 19, but knows lots of different
things, so as chemical composition of
plastics, recycling mach... |
Ali Hazrat
14.03 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
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Dividing plastic by color
13.03 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
After cleaning the plastic we have to divide it by
the color, to be able to control visual patterns
of future products. | 
Friends
12.03 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Mortaza 8 year old boy comes to our studio almost
every time we are there, sometimes just for fun
other times he engages in the work very seriously.... | 
Students from college of fine and applied arts visiting
07.03 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
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Afternoon activities
07.03 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Since the weather started to get warmer many more
of the camp inhabitants are visiting us in the
studio. Very fast they are able to get involved in
... | 
Students of Fine and Applied Arts Visit
07.03 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Today we had a visit of over 20 art students and 3
professors. It was conceived as a practical
training for the students also potentially
participa... | 
Mayla, a volonteer from Berlin
07.03 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Mayla is volunteering in Sarajevo and had worked
in the refugee camp there until the access to the
volunteers was denied. Before returning to Berlin... | 
Fusing Cut-offs Test
06.03 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
An interesting test done by fusing cut-offs
left from cutting the laminates for the
clip-boards. The quality of fusion is very
good and very happy ... |
Reading time
05.03 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Sometimes one needs to stop and think | 
Danilo dropped by, just to say hello
28.02 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
After a long time not being able to work with us
due to many different obligations, finally today
Danilo had some time to spare and join us to work
... | 
Red is the color
27.02 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Sometimes we are very lucky to find many pieces of
plastic in the same color | 
Washing to begin with
22.02 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
These cups are collected on two different
locations in the city, one is EU Info Center where
they collect plastic cups for us, after events
they ha... |
1984. plastic I
22.02 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Struggle to break one old plastic barrel which was
made in 1984 and still looks and behaves like new. | 
1984. plastic II
22.02 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Almost done, with a little help from friends in
the camp and from the boat... | 
Quiet afternoon
19.02 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Due to very nice weather almost all the people
living in the Camp where rather outside playing
sports, we didn't have many visitors it was a good
t... | 
Brand new/old resources
19.02 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Streets of Belgrade are truly inspiring, every
time our friend N.M. goes for a walk minipogon is
working full speed. |
Kids department
12.02 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Because the machines are not for kids to use, we
let them draw on the walls...and enjoy great
decoration surrounding us. | 
After work chat
12.02 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Who is going and where, or is it maybe better to
stay... | 
Vlasto, join the conversation!
07.02 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Vlasta, who is working on the maintenance in the
camp, likes to drop by and have a coffee from time
to time. | 
Friends from Belgium and Austria, visiting
07.02 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
People who are coming to Belgrade for different
reasons usually are very curious to see our studio
and work with us. |
Key-chains for KIRS
06.02 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
On the suggestion of camp management we
fabricated the key chains with the support
board for the all 18 barracks in the camp. | 
Note-books
06.02 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Hard cover note-books with replaceable papers in
sizes 7x7 and 7x9cm,
available in diverse color patterns. Price 3 eur. | 
Clip-boards 4
05.02 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Clip-boards for A5 and B5 paper sizes,
available in diverse color patterns, comes
with the elastic bend. Price 8 to 14 euro. | 
Clip-boards
05.02 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Clip-boards for A5 and B5 paper sizes,
available in diverse color patterns, comes
with the elastic bend. Price 8 to 14 euro. |
Clip-boards 2
05.02 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Clip-boards for A5 and B5 paper sizes,
available in diverse color patterns, comes
with the elastic bend. Price 8 to 14 euro. | 
Clip-boards 3
05.02 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Clip-boards for A5 and B5 paper sizes,
available in diverse color patterns, comes
with the elastic bend. Price 8 to 14 euro. | 
Plastic Boards
23.01 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Cutting and filing the thin plastic boards
(2 and 3mm) obtained by compressing
shredded plastic with T-shirt press. We are
mostly planning to use t... | 
Visit from Handicap Cap
17.01 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Today we received a visit to our studio from the
group of Handicap Cap (Čep za hendikep). Handicap
Cap is an humanitarian initiative dedicated ... |
Redha in action
15.01 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Our friend Redha is getting more activated in the
studio work. And also he is bringing some
novelties in the production process. | 
Shredded PET
08.01 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Collected PET plastic is shredded and ready
for the first test. Btw. PET plastic is
most commonly used and most easy to collect
as all water and so... | 
Meling PET - 1st test
08.01 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
The 1st test of melting PET plastic has
been performed using sheet press. We have
put just a small quantity of shredded
plastic to see how it will ... | 
4 years detained in Serbia and proud
07.01 2019, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Some people from the Camp are coming to our
workshop for a chat and some like to work on the
machines more. |
Blue Grey Pattern (PP)
27.12 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Sample of a blue grey pattern in
polypropylene plastic. Board 20x20cm. | 
Red Dotted Pattern (PP)
27.12 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Sample of a red dotted pattern in
polypropylene plastic. Board 20x20cm. | 
Blue Grey White Pattern (PP)
27.12 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Sample of a blue grey white pattern in
polypropylene plastic. Board 20x20cm. | 
Blue Dotted Pattern (PP)
27.12 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Sample of a blue dotted pattern in
polypropylene plastic. Board 20x20cm. |
New Collection of Watches
27.12 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Square boards were used to make wall watches.
(photo: N. Deewan) | 
Pink Grey Pattern (PP)
27.12 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Sample of a pink grey pattern in
polypropylene plastic. Board 20x20cm. | 
New Kids on the Camp
26.12 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Today we had an invasion of the kids we saw
for the first time in the camp. As we soon
understood with their families just a day
before they were s... | 
New Kids on the Camp
26.12 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
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New Kids on the Camp
26.12 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Action wall painting and learning some English.. | 
New Kids on the Camp
26.12 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Our small visitors from neighboring Roma community
are showing lots of interest for the procedure of
plastic recycling. They indeed helped us (also
... | 
Assistant
20.12 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Sometimes kids from camp are coming to our
workshop mostly to play with plastic toys we
collect, but also they get curious about machines
and enjoy... | 
reza's cat
19.12 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
a friend from the camp has adopted a cat that goes
everywhere with him. |
plastic jewelry - making of
18.12 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
experimenting with the new possible products,
having a lot of colorful boards (from the T-shirt
press) we decided to make pieces for earrings or
ne... | 
Visitor from the neighborhood
12.12 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
A friend Ivan who lives in the Camp neighborhood
visited us today in the workshop. He and all opf
his family worked in the Trudbenik factory which
... | 
Kids came to play
12.12 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Sometimes in the collected plastic, that is found
in the streets of Belgrade, we have toys for
children. This is what can happen if a child finds
o... | 
Equipping the Workshop
11.12 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Long research and consultations about what
kind of welding machine we should get
finally ended with a decision to buy the
Varstroj 160 amp. It see... |
Call for the Workshops
11.12 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Winter days bring even more desolate mood
in the Camp. We decide to make an effort to
invite more people to the open workshops
where with a new equ... | 
Key-chains for the Baracks
11.12 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Some time ago camp management suggested
that we could produce the key-chains from
recycled plastic for each of the 18
barracks in the Camp. Today w... | 
T-shirt press
28.11 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
A T-shirt press with which we will be able
to make thin plastic laminates was donated
to us by ... | 
Plastic Cut
27.11 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
In half an hour all plastic objects were
cut in smaller pieces suitable for
shredding. But they still have to be washed
before shredding. |
Processing the new contingent of plastic
27.11 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
At some moment Rahmani with a new brother showed
up in a studio and without a question started
cutting the plastic objects from a new contingent
br... | 
New Contingent of Plastic Brought by Nebojša
27.11 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Nebojša brought us a new contingent of
plastic he collected, just in a good moment
as we were getting out of material for work. | 
Cold Weather Keeps us Indoors
20.11 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
The temperatures had suddenly went sharp
down this week and for the first time since
we installed the workshop in Krnjača we are
forced to wor... | 
Krnjača / Day 10
13.11 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Another day goes by, someone is working, someone
just enjoys watching others work. All in all we
are having a good time. |
Bowls Photo Session
13.11 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Today we were doing lots of work on
finishing the bowls and taking pictures of
them as we are preparing to offer them for
sale. | 
Krnjača / Day 10
13.11 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
The weather is still great so we can work outside,
people are joining our work day slowly. In the
camp nobody rushes, the time is running slowly. | 
Krnjača / Day 9
12.11 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
We are preparing and cutting the plastic into
smaller pieces for shredding. | 
Krnjača / Day 9
12.11 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Shredder seams to be the most interesting machine.
Probably because the result is visible immediately. |
Krnjača / Day 8
07.11 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Next day completely different situation in the
camp.Now it is again crowded. And again a lot of
people are interested in what we are doing. | 
Krnjača / Day 8
07.11 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Finishing the edges is quite interesting job to do. | 
Empty Camp
06.11 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Today in Krnjača the camp was emptied, no
one to play cricket or sit around. After a
while one guy came around and explained us
why. big group... | 
Translucent Green
06.11 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Nevertheless we continue working, today we
tested translucent polypropylene plastic
that was shredded yesterday. The result
seems to be very intere... |
Krnjača / Day 7
06.11 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Now that the Game is on, the youngest, that have
stayed, finally can see what is going on. | 
Krnjača / Day 6
01.11 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Our friends Wajid and Rahmani are joining us in
the work. We took out Wajids pot from the oven and
he is doing the finishing. Rahmani looks for the
... | 
Krnjača / Day 6
01.11 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
As the rain started we brought all the machines
inside. Wajid and Chow are cleaning the shredder,
while our friend the cleaner of the camp joied us
... | 
Krnjača / Day 6
01.11 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
View of our working place. Its quite a mess
although we try to keep it tidy. We hope to be
allowed to install some shelves, at least for
displaying... |
Plastic for Shredding
01.11 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
All plastic collected bu Nebojša is brought
to our workshop space in Krnjača camp. We
are slowly starting to select it and shredd
it. Thanks t... | 
Bowl HDPE
30.10 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
A colorful bowl made from HDPE bottle lids,
with new method of iron finishing. | 
Krnjača / Day 5
30.10 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Wajid is pouring shredded plastic in the bowl. He
is doing it very carefully. | 
Barack 15 emptied
30.10 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
To our surprise, today arriving to our
working place in Krnjača camp we found that
the barrack 15. where our workshop studio
is placed was clo... |
Krnjača / Day 4
25.10 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Cleaning and shredding plastic,every participant
has a task to do. | 
Plastic Tiles
25.10 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Plastic tiles 1cm wide, could be used for
diverse purposes.. We are planning to make
key chain pendant from them for the camp
management purposes. | 
New Bowls from Krnjača
25.10 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
New bowls have been made in our new working
space in Krnjača refugee camp. | 
Shredded plastic
25.10 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
We are separating shredded plastic by
colors as well (apart from plastic types PP
and HDPE). For the moment we shredded
almost all of plastic thing... |
Shredding Plastic
25.10 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
We are catching up with the working routine
in the camp. Usually arriving around 12h
and starting to prepare for the work.
Taking machines outside,... | 
Krnjača / Day 3
24.10 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
In the meantime of shredding we are also using the
occasion to learn some pashto. | 
Krnjača / Day 3
24.10 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Today we had with us a Colombian artist Juan David
Galindo, who in couple occasions joined us already
in the workshops in Miksalište. | 
Krnjača / Day 3
24.10 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
While we are starting to work our young friends
are arriving from the lunch and gathering on the
window of our workshop space. |
Krnjača / Day 2
23.10 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
...and in the end it was a very productive day | 
Krnjača / Day 2
23.10 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
At the beginning everybody we're just looking how
process is conducted... | 
Krnjača / Day 2
23.10 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Then they joined... taking different tasks,
shredding, washing and cutting plastic.. Wajid,
Ahmed, Nagib, Rahman, etc. | 
Day 1 - arranging the space
22.10 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Working space arranged! Machines, plastic, tools
now have their place in this colorful room. This
is going to be our working space for next 5
month... |
Day 1 - arranging the space
22.10 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Working space arranged! Everything is prepared
for tomorrow, workshops can beguine! | 
Day 1 - bringing equipment from Miksaliste
22.10 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Arranging equipment - transferring machines,
tools and plastic from the van to the new asined
space in Krnjaca refugee camp (Building no. 15)
with ... | 
Assigned Space in Krnjaca Camp
11.10 2018, Krnjaca - refugee camp
Today we visited Krnjaca camp to check the
space that was assigned to us for
installing our machines. The room is
spacious and full of light. Only ... |
