Today’s featured Etsy shop is gochemoche, a shop featuring hair accessories, bags, and jewelry.

What inspires you in your work?
Turkish and Japanese crafts. I am Turkish so it is I guess natural for me to be interested in my own culture There is so many handwork that is unique to certain cities even villages in Turkey. But they are not known world wide, I would like to introduce them. As for the Japanese arts, simply I am obsessed I do not know why but there is very strong connection between me and Japan. I guess the serenity and elegance of Japanese arts inspires me to create. It feels very relaxing like meditation.

What other types of art do you make for fun?
I like all kinds of arts but the ones I can make at home are of course only a few. I love drawing, computer graphics, sewing clothes, origami, making dolls, playing with polymer clay, pottery, amigurumi, sumi-e and the list goes on

What other jobs have you worked?
I had been a student for a long long time. So I worked as a teaching assistant and research assistant. After I graduated from the PhD program I worked as a Postdoc for a while, but right now I dont have a day job.

Gochemoche can be found exlusively at http://gochemoche.etsy.com.