Hello all... I am very excited to be a part of this group as I have not had a whole lot of extra time to focus on etsy marketing. I am a surface Artist from Australia and work with many mediums to express my multi-faceted creativity. All of my inspirations come from mywild environment of the World Heritage listed, Blue Mountains Region in Australia, where I live and work.
I recently launched my own fashion label, ZOYZ, here in Australia. They are about blending my nature inspired textile designs with my love of bold, quirky statement fashion pieces to create printed leggings. I am currently working on scarves and swimmwear to add to the growing success of ZOYZ. A unique Label that promotes and Honors The Arts in Fashion. The edgy fabric designs originate from my paintings. While they have been relatively successful in Australia, I wanted to join Etsy to generate an international market and feel this was the very best platform to do so...
I choose to keep all printing, manufacturing, textiles, and labelling within Australia to help generate income for local trades. whilst this keeps costs very high, it maintains quality, integrity and economic responsibilities. For this reason I sell only online as I cannot afford to sell wholesale ( I have had many international requests to do so) but as it is, my profit is so minimal.
I have worked on a vast amount of surfaces both for public sale and private commissions such as canvas and leather shoes, skate decks, fiberglass surfboards, resin jewellery, wall murals, handbags, skin, tattoo designs and now textiles.I have been excited to win several textile/fashion design comps in Berlin.
Currently I am working on a picture book, soon to be published and have just completed (today) painting a large fiberglass Koala for The "Hello Koala Project". (
http://hellokoalas.com).
WEB:
http://www.zoyakraus.com.auFacebook:
https://www.facebook.com/zoyzleggingsTwitter:
https://twitter.com/ZoyaKrausSociety 6:
http://society6.com/uwildbeautyPinterest:
http://www.pinterest.com/uwildbeauty/Etsy:
https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/ZoyaKrausFeel free to take what you want from this:
Here are some media/press snippets if you are keen for more knowledge of me and/or brand:
http://www.handmadeexchange.com/zoyz.htmlhttp://designtribe.com.au/introducing-zoyz-textiles/http://thinkdesignerprints.com.au/penny-lane-profile-zoya-kraus/http://deryaerkan.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/kraus-australian-surface-artist-zoya.htmlhttp://stylishone.com.au/zoyz-leggings/http://www.recycled-fashion.com/2014/03/an-outfit-for-circus.html