Featured Etsy Shop: Baronika5

My featured Etsy shop today is baronika5, a shop featuring jewelry made using a combination of polymer clay and filigree components – something I’d never seen before!

Red square filigree earrings

“My name is Rony and I am a Multidisciplinary artist. I design unique and colorful jewelry with several mediums as polymer clay, fused glass, silver and more, all inspired by flowers and other beautiful things around me.”

Tell me a little about yourself.
I’m an Israeli artist.
I’m married and have two children.
I live in a small city near the Mediterranean Sea.
I have a business degree from an Israeli University and for the last seven years I worked as a broker at the biggest bank in Israel.
In high school I studied art and fashion design.
I have always had a passion for art, I create in several mediums, such as polymer clay, ceramic, glass, sew, silver.
A few months ago I left my day job at the bank and now I am a full time artist, I feel blessed waking up every morning, doing what I love in my studio.

How did you name your shop?
My shop name is Baronika; I’ve just randomly changed my own name words, until I reached a satisfying sound.

What advice would you give to someone thinking about starting their own small business selling handmade goods?
I really believe that people need to follow their dream.
However, turning a hobby into a business is quite a challenge. You’ve got to be prepared to treat it like a job and realize that there will be some obstacles, both financial wise and personal wise. If you have interesting, unique, colorful or beautiful products, people will notice.