Karolinska
HANDCRAFTED
Purses, bags, embroidered caps, pieces of stationery, or art.
Unique products that include small decorative garments, or upcycled details, pieces I hunted for in the antique markets, also new STRUCTURES OF VENICE Handcrafted.
My Handcrafted products are available via online Etsy shop or in person in th Shop of the Scuola Grande San Giovanni, Venice, Italy.
"To create one must be willing to be stone stupid, to sit upon a throne on top of a jackass and spill rubies from one’s mouth. Then the river will flow, then we can stand in the stream of it raining down.”
Clarissa Pinkola Estés
Collage purse
Only one of a kind handmade purse. Collage of fancy materials, stiffened, inside red cotton lining, back side black velvet.
Strong and stiff enough to hold keys, headphones, perfumes, memories. Includes hand-printed velvet with a gold abstract motif, Bordeaux- gold brocade, and Portuguese decorative stripes.
Size: ca 20 x 14 cm
Production: ca 4 hrs
*GONE!
Collage purse
Only one of a kind handmade purse. Collage of fancy materials, stiffened, inside red cotton lining, back side black velvet.
Strong and stiff enough to hold keys, headphones, perfumes, memories. Includes precious and lovely violet Portuguese lace from Porto, black leatherette and structured bordeauy velveteen.
Size: ca 20 x 14 cm
Production: ca 4 hrs
*GONE!
Collage purse
One of a kind handmade purse. Collage of fancy materials, stiffened, inside red cotton lining, back side black velvet.
Strong and stiff enough to hold keys, headphones, perfumes, memories. Includes decorative lines from Portugal and Czech brocade.
Size: ca 20 x 14 cm
Production: ca 4 hrs
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Embroidered purse
Dark blue velvet, front side hand-embroidered with the gold thread. Perfect for the evening out, accompanied by a small chain. Great to carry a lipstick, small perfume and that´s about all you need!
Size:
Production: ca 5 hrs
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Velvet purse with golden trims
Red velvet with gold print on, additional gold trims hand-applied on the front part.
Handy chain to carry this small purse with you to enjoy a trip on the gondola or water taxi.
Size:
Production: ca 5 hrs
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Butterfly satin purse
Blue satin with butterfly pattern, solid pochette to secretly store your small electro stuff.
Production: ca 3 hrs
* GONE!
Embroidered purse
A tribute to my Granny Margita, who used to embroider ina similar colorful style.
Precious antique linen in a very strong quality with the original colorful embroidery. Inside, red cotton, durable zipper, all very solid and the bag will keep its shape and quality for a very long time.
Production: ca 6 hrs
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Black & gold brocade purse
Small, elegant, and stiffened brocade bag with a durable zipper, fun leather stripes.
Backside crafted with black velvet, inside black cotton. The bag is stiffened, safe to carry items inside of the bigger bags or as a single handbag.
Production: ca 5 hrs
* available also a pochette featuring the same fabric
AVAILABLE IN THE SHOP OF SCUOLA GRANDE SAN GIOVANNI, VENICE
Lotus stiff bag
Elegant and stiff keeper of your stuff. Great to place to the wardrobes or in front of the eyes of the guests. External sides are crafted in a stiffened precious Venetian fabric, inside beige cotton. Gold twisted cord, good to store the stuff but not as a daily-use bag! In love with modernity, but embracing the classic style. Is that you too?
Size:
Production: ca 6 hrs
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Green pochette
Lotus stiff bag
Vibrant green Venetian velveteen, inside a lovely beige cotton. Great keeper of the little perfumes, lipstick and other important objects.
Production: ca 4 hrs
*SOLD!
Brown stiff bag
Elegant and stiff keeper of your stuff. Great to place to the wardrobes or in front of the eyes of the guests. External sides are crafted in a stiffened precious Venetian fabric, inside beige cotton. Gold twisted cord, good to store the stuff but not as a daily-use bag! In love with modernity, but embracing the classic style. Is that you too?
Size:
Production: ca 6 hrs
GONE
Baroque pouchette
Lotus stiff bag
Small elegant pochette, outside beige Venetian fabric, inside beige cotton. Just big enough to carry needed stuff for a visit to the royal gardens.
Production: ca 4 hrs
SOLD!
Napoleon stiff bag
Elegant and stiff keeper of your stuff. Great to place to the wardrobes or in front of the eyes of the guests. External sides are crafted in a stiffened precious Venetian fabric, inside beige cotton. Gold twisted cord, good to store the stuff but not as a daily-use bag! In love with modernity, but embracing the classic style. Is that you too?
Size:
Production: ca 5 hrs
GONE
Floral pochette
Lotus stiff bag
Small elegant pochette, outside solid brown Venetian fabric featuring embroidery of the flowers and plants. Inside beige cotton. Re-evoking the antique beauty, ready for a modern user.
Production: ca 4 hrs
SOLD!
Crazy shoulder bag "Pink Floyd"
Supercolorful brocade with tones of pink and blue, with gold shine. Brocade is supported and underlined. Inside, simple and stiff black cotton, outer back side with a handsome black velvet.
Many layers of materials enables to carry safely magazines, IPods and all that a hip lady needs!
Size: ca 40 x 40 cm
Production: ca 7 hrs
AVAILABLE IN THE SHOP OF SCUOLA GRANDE SAN GIOVANNI, VENICE
Flower
embroidered cap
HAS ITS OWNER ALREADY
Beige cotton cap with a slight vintage patina style. Multi-color flower embroidery with a cotton threads, lovely and original design. Only one of a kind. Handsome sun- protection, also cute accessory. I am wearing one of these as well! Strap in the back of the cap makes the cap fit perfectly.
Size: adults
Production: ca 5 hrs
Flower embroidered cap
HAS ITS OWNER ALREADY
Blue cotton cap with a slight vintage patina style. Multi-color flower embroidery with a cotton threads, lovely and original design. Only one of a kind. Practical sun- protection, enabling you to sun in the nature or to look flowery in the city. Includes strap so you can correct the size of it for you.
Size: adults
Production: ca 5 hrs
6# gray nerd notebook
Gray leatherette solid notebook for a true nerds or creatives, that need a space for their ideas and secret plans.
Decent style, filled with all kinds of recycled paper - white, brownish and more.
Size: ca 12 x 16 cm
Production: ca 3h
7# extrovert
notebook
More than an extrovert notebook. Black and grayish fluff covering your new secret notebook. Plenty of recycled pages inside for loads of your inventions and love- story chapters. There is not anything else like this in the world.
Size: ca 12 x 16 cm
Production: ca 3h
8# bordeaux dragon notebook
Make this yours. Add images, text and links, or connect data from your collection. It is cute, small, but if you will write with a small letters, you can get there loads.
Includes recycled pages from white to brown recycled paper.
Size: ca 8 x 11 cm
Production: ca 2 h
9# black dragon notebook
Very black cute little notebook from 1000¨% dragon leather. Well, maybe just a leather.
Includes recycled pages from white, brown recycled paper through maybe a note paper. Perfect for writing down ideas or attending a medieval business meeting.
Size: ca 8 x 11 cm
Production: ca 2 h
"From Piazza to Byzance" painting
90€
Original painting, embracing the early morning bliss of Basilica di San Marco and Venice´s connection to Byzance. Venice is a spectacular collage of colors, structures, styles, stories, impressions.
The technique used: pencil, acrylic paint, gold leaf.
Size: 25 x 25 cm
Production: was not focused time of work, but slower longer process
Lavender secret
One of a kind scented lavender sachet. Elegand and classpiece that will bring a lavender joy to whole space of the room or the wardrobe.
AVAILABLE IN THE SHOP OF SCUOLA GRANDE SAN GIOVANNI, VENICE.
UPON REQUEST AVAILABLE CUSTOM MADE PRODUCTION
Lavender secret
One of a kind scented lavender sachet. Elegand and classpiece that will bring a lavender joy to whole space of the room or the wardrobe.
AVAILABLE IN THE SHOP OF SCUOLA GRANDE SAN GIOVANNI, VENICE.
UPON REQUEST AVAILABLE CUSTOM MADE PRODUCTION
Lavender secret
One of a kind scented lavender sachet. Elegand and classpiece that will bring a lavender joy to whole space of the room or the wardrobe.
AVAILABLE IN THE SHOP OF SCUOLA GRANDE SAN GIOVANNI, VENICE.
UPON REQUEST AVAILABLE CUSTOM MADE PRODUCTION
