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.
Martina Šimunković is a graduate of art history and ethnology but engaged in the production of fancy glass ornaments. She continued to work in the family glass ornaments workshop and studio where for over 60 years, hand-blown glass ornaments have been made. As a third-generation of glassblowers, she has learned the knowledge from her father Josip Križanić who taught her the art of glass blowing. She is a founder of Koogle.
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.
Željko Kušević is the third generation of carpenter’s family with a tradition dating back to 1947. “Grandfather Stjepan was a carpenter, and since 1991 I have started to lead the craftsmanship” says Željko Kušević. As he claims, over the past few decades, he has gained extremely precious and practical experience that he has applied to…
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.
Ljiljana Stanko was born in a family for which could be claimed “that which the eyes see, the hands make”. Being exposed to sewing and various techniques of handicraft, she took interest in them from the early years of her life…
The Flower Shop N was established in 1978 in Čanićeva 14 by Gordana Kravar and her father, and in the 1990s they moved to Ilica 49 where they are still located.
Svetlana Bursać opened independently her shoemaker craft in 1986 out of her wish and love for the shoemaker trade and handwork. Her Gloria crafts business is specialised in every kind of women’s shoes, which are mainly custom-made.
The Nott.ordinaryJewelz brand was created five years ago when Silvija Talan, a history teacher started studying different YouTube tutorials for rope knitting and embroidering in her free time. “I liked jewellery made of ropes, and for hobby I started knitting some knots of mine own. It’s fascinating how many different perfect forms you can obtain using knots,” creator Silvija Talan says.
In 1991 Željko Lepotinec started his craft in Dugo Selo and it has been continuously running for 27 years now.
In his workshop located in Ljudevita Posavskog 4, craftsman Stjepan Đurek has continued the goldsmith tradition started in 1953, succeeding his cousin, who had taught him the craft, at the head of the workshop in 1979.