Farbica Craft was founded by Draženka Kubat in 1998 and has been involved in the production of souvenirs and decorative items from the very beginning. The motifs used are mostly from our rich cultural heritage, largely traditional motifs that Farbica has upgraded in accordance with trends and time. “I have always been involved in drawing…
Everything comes from the culture of cuisine. Every other culture comes hand in hand with this. When a man goes somewhere, he needs to eat and drink, so before anything else he gets to know the food,” says Zlatko Puntijar, a collector of the largest collection of cookbooks in Europe as well as the owner…
Doris Art is dealing with the making of souvenirs, hand-painted ceramics, glass, metal and textiles with elements of Croatian tradition and cultural heritage.
Since the end of the School of Applied Arts – sculpture department in Zagreb, and during the studies at the Faculty of Technology, sculptor and designer Danijela Halužan Glumbić has transformed her own creativity and individuality into ARTHOLD craftsmanship founded in 2001.
Svjetionik (“The Lighthouse”) was founded in 2000 and is dealing with the production and sale of original Croatian souvenirs, gift items based on design and Croatian tradition, this is a historical view of the past imbued with modern technology.
The ATA4ART craft was opened a year ago – its owner Antica Tomić has started the business after 23 years of service in perfumery, when she was eventually encouraged to start her own enterprise.
Utopia Craft has existed since 2012 and is engaged in producing dog shoes and designing various bags, backpacks and similar. Under the name Utopia there are two brands; DasPas, a dog brand, and Tri frtalja, production of various textile products and jewellery.
Petra Candle is a relatively young craft, founded in 2015, following the twist of circumstances and longtime hobby of Nenad Radmanovic. In a market that is overwhelmed with imported and often inferior quality goods, Petra Candle’s craft deals exclusively with the handmade candle manufacture.
Lidija Likar opened the art trade five years ago when she attended the Christmas Fair in Zagreb. “Like all similar stories, my business started as a hobby. I’ve been making gifts for family and friends for many years, so the business was just an extension of that hobby.
The name of the craft production of jewellery and related products “AHAT”, to any ordinary observer suggests right away that Goran Hrestak works in artistic and creative field. His activities are much wider and somewhat unusual for our environment. Goran Hrestak deals with the search for primary and secondary deposits of semiprecious, as well as the collecting processing and selling of precious stones. All semi-precious and precious stones used in their work are exclusively from Croatia.
The Amalija craft has been in existence since 2015, and it deals with the making of souvenirs and occasional gifts. Jelena Matić started making souvenirs in high school days, succeeding the work of her mother who has led the craft so far. Along with formal education, she started the souvenir production with drawing on glass and making jewellery. Today, together with her mother she is painting a variety of useful objects with the motifs of the Turopolje homeland, such as parts of folk costumes: lajbek (a kind of traditional vest), poculica (a kind of traditional hat), podgutnica (a kind of traditional tie) and the well-known licitar (a kind of gingerbread) heart.
The family manufacture Radovan Petrovic makes food supplements based on bee products which are exclusively of Croatian origin and remain 100% natural all the way from the hive to the end user, without added preservatives, emulsifiers and additives, too. The ever-improving production is noticeable for its great quality and tradition of over 60 years.