Interview with Aleksa Torri

Today I present to my readers interview with talented handmade artists Aleksa Torri. She has a shop on Etsy called CitrusCat.

- Please tell us a little bit about yourself

What can I tell about myself?
I'm 23, I have a young, ambitious and full of hope for a brighter future
By education I am a psychologist, but psychology does not attract me as a profession.

I'm a self taught handmade artist trying to turn my favorite hobby into life style and profession.

I create unusual jewelry. But sometimes I move in the other direction. Spontaneously I can start making greeting cards or decorative items for the home. In short, I am a creative person and quite unpredictable even to myself. I guess that's my trick.

- How long have you been creating? How did your journey in art and creativity begin?

 I loved to make things since I was small. As far as I can remember as a child I drew a lot, asked my grandmother taught me to embroider. Then I wanted to make clothes and I wanted to be a designer.

My path to the creation of jewelry was long. At some point I started to sew felt brooches.

After a while I realized that I like to make jewelry and I started trying different techniques and materials.

Now I’m fond of creating resin jewelry. I chose this material and technique because it allows me to create different things without limiting the imagination. 

In future I want to try to use other materials and techniques.

-What is the most important about your work?

I can identify several aspects that are important to my business. This is a good mood, inspiration, and support of my family

In my work I like the fact that I’m the owner of business and can do what I want.
No doubt, it creates a good mood which I put in my work.

One of the most important events for my business was opening a Citrus Сat shop on Etsy. This was a good incentive for me.

 - What would you say makes your shop unique?

The original approach to the creation of my jewelry is making them unique.

I am a self-taught and eclectic artist, who works with a variety of techniques.
My jewelry is a world full of colors of life.
With my jewelry I want to make the world more beautiful and colorful.
I hope you enjoy my creations, as much as I enjoyed creating them!

Please come to my CitrusCat store. And get a portion of happiness ))

Red crochet and leather ring on the first page of Etsy!

Yesterday evening  my Red crochet and leather ring I wrote last week was featured on the first page of Etsy! It was included in very lovely curated collection "Let's see the show of hands". Thank you shannonpix and congrats all featured!

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Enjoy the ride

Today I casually got to know that other one my treasury was on Etsy front page!  It was March 26 at 8:00 PM EST. This collection named "Enjoy the ride" and it' dedicated to feeling of happy that every person should have travelling in own life.
Enjoy:

Let's go anywhere

I bought tickets for return in Italy! With this good moodI created many treasuries last days. One of this collections was featured this morning on the front page of Etsy! This treasury I named "Let's go anywhere" because with all my soul I'm ready to go) It's made in blue tones with some yellow splashes.

Hope ou like it:

Giveaway from Galafilc

Gala, owner of Galafilc shop on Etsy, is a member of our Team of Russian Artists and wonderful felt maker from Poland. She created many wonderful pieces for every day wear and for the holidays.
She has offered this lovely felted brooch as a giveaway:

Wouldn’t it be nice to wear during the Holidays? It is made of wool, decorated with glass beads, shell pieces and has a pin on back for easy wear. Stunningly beautiful!

The rules to enter this giveaway and win this wonderful brooch you can read on Etsy Russian Team blog.

This giveaway will run until next Friday, November 26^th, 2010, the winner will be chosen through Random.org and announced on Saturday, November 27^th!

Have fun and good luck!

Wall hanging organizer Sunny Day

My acquaintance asks me to make a wall hanging organizer with pockets and appliques for make a gift for the birth of friend’s child. I think it will be great gift! Thes pockets will hold a lot of small items in one place! Both functional and attractive!
Appliques are like a child drawn pictures – the sun, the trees, the cars, the train. We decided to make it from a felt of different colours and sew it with buttonhole stitch. At the top we placed the sun with the rays and the clouds, then several layers of the pockets with the train, the cars, the cat and the fence, the cameo-shell and the grass. I prepared a sketch in the program CorelDraw, than draw the pattern of parts in life-size on the paper. I spent a whole week to make this panel, but the result exceeded all expectative! The combination of different textures: fabric, felt, leather gives to the panel freshness and originality.

Una mia conoscente mi ha chiesto di fare un pannello con le tasche ed applicazioni che doveva regalare ad una sua amica che doveva partorire. Le applicazioni devono essere fatte come se fossero disegnate da un bambino – il sole, gli alberi, le macchine, il treno. Abbiamo deciso di farle di feltro di diversi colori e cucirle con punto a occhiello. In alto abbiamo deciso di mettere il sole con i raggi e le nuvole, sotto, a livelli diversi, delle tasche con il treno, le macchine, il gatto e la recinzione, le lumache e l’erba. Ho preparato la schema in programma CorelDraw e poi ho fatto modelli di applicazioni a grandezza naturale di carta. Ho trascorso una settimana intera per fare questo pannello, ma il risultato ha superato ogni aspettativa! La combinazione di diverse strutture esterne: tessuto, feltro e pelle da freschezza e originalità al pannello.

Necklace AZURE FANTAZY on the Etsy Front Page!

I was featured on Etsy Front Page again! My Summer short necklace AZURE FANTAZY was included in treasury EPL Summer Contest - AQUA REFLECTIONS created by FineEmbroidery.
Sono stata ancora sulla Prima Pagina di Etsy! Mia collana corta estiva AURE FANTAZY era inclusa in treasury EPL Summer Contest - AQUA REFLECTIONS creata da FineEmbroidery.
So fresh colors! Instant hearts for my shop. It’s amazing what Etsy’s Front Page can do for your shop. This was a nice surprise when I awoke in the morning)
Thank you FineEmbroidery because necklace was immediately sold!
Bellissimi freschi colori! Subito molti cuori per mio negozio. E' sorprendente che cosa puo fare Prima Pagina di Etsy per il tuo negozio. Era una sorpresa piacevole quando mi sono svegliata di mattina)
Grazie a FineEmbroidery perche questa collana era immediatamente venduta!Congrats to all of the featured sellers!: eleonoraesposito, FunEmbroidery, heatherpalmer, katrinshine, MyWayToSay, socksandmittens, JaneBoFelt, EmeliaJane, jollytimeone, daimblond, shesitsbytheseashore, cookieletta