Christoph Steidl Porenta

Steidl Porenta (born Schneck) was born in Munich, Bavaria in West Germany on 5 May 1965. He went to school in Pullach, became an industrial mechanic, and studied goldsmithing at Münsterschwarzach Abbey.{{cite web |title=Christoph Steidl Porenta: Emajliranje |url=https://www.nms.si/si/dogodki/predavanja/2022/03/11063-Christoph-Steidl-Porenta-Emajliranje |website=National Museum of Slovenia |access-date=22 April 2022 |date=2022|language=sl-SI}} He was inspired by the goldsmithing of René Lalique.{{cite web |last1=Panter |first1=Mateja |title=Nakit, ki ne nosi teže časa |url=https://www.dnevnik.si/1042891476 |website=Dnevnik |access-date=22 April 2022 |date=8 July 2019|language=sl-SI}}

File:Christoph Steidl Porenta - Work 4.jpg to Francis of Assisi by Steidl Porenta]]

In addition to being a silversmith and goldsmith, Steidl Porenta works with restoration. Since 1993, he works in Ljubljana, Slovenia.{{cite web |last1=Horvat |first1=Marjan |title=Christoph Steidl Porenta |url=https://www.mladina.si/180803/christoph-steidl-porenta/ |website=Mladina |access-date=22 April 2022 |date=30 June 2017|language=sl-SI}} His work has been exhibited in Germany, Italy and Slovenia{{cite web |last1=Praznik |first1=Andrej |title=»To je moj poklic, konjiček in življenje« {{!}} Družina – vsak dan s teboj |url=https://www.druzina.si/clanek/63-13-to-je-moj-poklic-konjicek-in-zivljenje |website=Družina |access-date=25 April 2022 |language=sl |date=29 March 2014}} and he is the only master silversmith in Slovenia.{{cite web |title=Zlato runo |url=https://www.visitljubljana.com/en/poi/zlato-runo/ |website=Ljubljana Tourism |access-date=24 April 2022 |language=en}}{{better source needed|date=May 2022|reason=who has accredited him as a master silversmith?}} A journalist from Dnevnik said in 2019 that his works "surprise and inspire with their rich expressiveness and bear a modern stamp with a touch of the past, fairy tales, mysteries and a touch of anxiety, to counterbalance the perfection of beauty."

He has a shop and studio in Ljubljana, called Zlato runo (Golden fleece). His work include ecclesiastical rings, the hands of the clock of a cathedral, glasses, cups{{cite web |last1=Svetičič |first1=Mojca |title=Med umetnostjo in obrtjo |url=http://www.podjetnik.si/clanek/med-umetnostjo-in-obrtjo-20041212 |website=Podjetnik |access-date=25 April 2022 |date=12 December 2004|language=sl-SI}} and sculptures.{{cite web |last1=Mrevlje |first1=Neža |title=Zlatarna Zlato runo prepredena z mitologijo |url=https://siol.net/trendi/svet-znanih/zlatarna-zlato-runo-prepredena-z-mitologijo-301571 |website=Siol |access-date=25 April 2022 |language=sl |date=28 October 2018}} He has made a reliquary to Francis of Assisi for the Bazilika Marije Pomagaj in Brezje.{{cite web |title=Blagoslov relikviarija svetega Frančiška Asiškega in praznovanje Frančiškove nedelje na Brezjah |url=https://katoliska-cerkev.si/blagoslov-relikviarija-svetega-franciska-asiskega-in-praznovanje-franciskove-nedelje-na-brezjah |website=Katoliška cerkev v Sloveniji |publisher=Slovenian Bishops Conference |language=sl |date=10 April 2020}}{{cite web |title=Na Brezjah Frančiškova nedelja |url=https://www.gorenjskiglas.si/supplement/d4y2j544x2z2z284v2x29484l5e4u2v2d454p234m5z25444j554y2d4m574c4r2o2g3q494r284a4r254y284n2m3a3d3r2n2/Gorenjski_glas_20201002_79.pdf |website=Gorenjski Glas |access-date=25 April 2022 |date=2 October 2020|language=sl-SI}}

In 2017, he designed an exhibition at the National Gallery of Slovenia, celebrating the 800th anniversary of the Order of Malta in Slovenia.{{cite web |last1=Hočevar |first1=Ksenja |title=Ave crux alba {{!}} Družina – vsak dan s teboj |url=https://www.druzina.si/clanek/ave-crux-alba |website=Družina |access-date=25 April 2022 |language=sl |date=2 June 2017}}{{cite web |title=Ave crux alba |url=https://www.ng-slo.si/en/exhibitions-and-projects/exibition-or-project/ave-crux-alba?id=4290 |website=National Gallery of Slovenia |access-date=27 April 2022 |date=2017}} As of 2023, he has three apprentices, and says{{cite news |title=Zlatar, ki črpa ideje iz mitologije in narave |url=https://www.dnevnik.si/1043006603 |access-date=21 August 2023 |work=Dnevnik |date=9 February 2023}}

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|text=It is important to me that each piece of jewelry is unique and something special. Today, it can quickly be devalued through mass production, but jewelry is a personal thing, the wearer expresses himself with it.

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File:Christoph Steidl Porenta - Work 3.jpg]]

Steidl Porenta moved to Slovenia since he had met a Slovenian woman and married her.{{cite web |title=Naš gost: Zlatarski mojster Christoper Steidl Porenta |url=https://radio.ognjisce.si/sl/105/slovenija/1346/nas-gost-zlatarski-mojster-christoper-steidl-porenta.htm |website=Radio Ognjišče |access-date=24 April 2022 |language=sl |date=17 April 2010}} He is a descendant of Melchior Steidl, (1657-1727), an Austrian baroque painter.{{cite web |title=Melchior Steidl |url=https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.20325.html |website=National Gallery of Art |access-date=24 April 2022}} As of 2023, he lives in Cerklje na Gorenjskem.

As of 2013, since the late 1990s, he had a pet raven named Orhan. Steidl Porenta said that the bird was a useful companion, since it would indicate around noon that it was hungry, and so remind Steidl Porenta that he should also eat something.{{cite web |last1=Zemljič |first1=Tatjana |title=STAmisli: Zlatar in srebrokovač Christoph Steidl Porenta za STA: Tudi krute zgodbe oblečem v lepoto |url=https://misli.sta.si/1919801/zlatar-in-srebrokovac-christoph-steidl-porenta-za-sta-tudi-krute-zgodbe-oblecem-v-lepoto |website=STA |access-date=22 April 2022 |date=29 August 2013|language=sl-SI}}

Steidl Porenta is a knight of the Sovereign Order of Malta.{{when|date=May 2022}}

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• {{official|https://steidl.si/en/}}
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzCOkLBI8vA Christoph Steidl Porenta - zlatar, srebrokovač, restavrator], video from Plac
• [https://radioprvi.rtvslo.si/2017/02/sledi-casa-53/ Srednjeveški kovanci], 2017 {{ill|Radio Prvi|sl}} article, with picture gallery of Steidl Porenta and his shop

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