Creating success around the world – Dr.Sonia

Welcome to Creating Success around the World with me at JewelsofSayuri – This is a worldwide blog hop tour, that introduces you to creative people from all corners of the globe and I, Divya N, is your host from Asia for the month of November.
Now for today’s Feature…Janelle the previous host from Phillippines, once mentioned Dr. Sonia’s name, an ENT  surgeon who is a passionate crafter. I was intrigued and set out to explore her blog Crafts and School Projects. Her projects were interesting and yet came with simple instructions and I was wowed. So I thought that all of you should meet her too.

Hi Sonia, Tell us something about you and how did you get interested in crafting?

I am an ENT Surgeon by profession and a crafter by passion. I started blogging to
share some of the school projects I was doing for my daughters school and hence I
named my blog http://cardsandschoolprojects.blogspot.com. I love paper as a
medium and while blog hopping became more and more interested in various crafts.
I am from Bangalore, India and India has such a rich culture and artistically speaking it is simply mind blowing.

Oh! I lived in Bangalore for a couple of years and I love that place. Its got an artistic flair. So what kinds of things do you like working on?

I like to dabble in all sorts of crafts but especially love paper craft. I love glass painting as its so easy to do[had to put a stop to it as there are no more places at home to keep my paintings!]. There is something called emboss painting which is simply fantastic, quick and literally therapeutic. I love to make cards especially pop up and interactive cards and in recent months I have come to enjoy quilling.

Same here, I hardly paint or do craft work anymore as there is no place to keep them at home and that is what led me to recycling too…its great isnt it?

Yes, My passion is recycling and transforming an everyday “throw away”object to a thing of beauty!

 
I see you do a lot of flowers in various materials. I guess that’s your favourite motif. So What inspires your creations?

I am inspired to create by the mood and need of the moment! and sometimes necessity -My 5 year old daughter goes to a school which places a lot of importance on bringing models and projects from home and so many a times I make stuff to make my daughter happy.

Ya..these days schools give a lot of home work to parents too. Then do you sell your creations? And is it profitable?

I craft as a passion and recently I got an offer from an Indian Website to sell my crafts online– I decided not to pursue that avenue as I want to keep my crafting a hobby and not let prices and costs restrict me. If I want to turn my passion into a business I would have to calculate costs profits etc which I think at this point in my life would take away the fun of my crafting and my blog!

That’s an interesting thought. What mistakes have you made or lessons you have learned in your crafting?

Since I keep trying out new crafts all the time ,making mistakes and learning from them is an ongoing process that is why I write tutorials for stuff I am no expert at so as to help others who are novices !

I love your tutorials. They are so simple and clear. Then what, to you is success? Have you achieved it yet, or are you on your way towards success?

Professionally [I am an ENT Surgeon ] I am happy and am in fact cutting back my
practice so that I am there for my daughter. Craft wise – I am eager to learn more
and more !!

So what’s next? I plan to diversify my blog to incorporate more crafts other than paper crafts but I think my readership is mostly paper craft enthusiasts so lets see!
Till now I never had the opportunity or the time for craft lessons but recently I got the chance to squeeze in a few hours to start learning the traditional South India craft called Tanjore painting done with gold leaves and semi precious stones! For the future I hope and dearly wish I will be able to learn crafts such as Waterfall making, Japanese Pottery, Ceramic work.

Tanjore painting sure is time consuming and I wish you great luck and happiness in you learning and crafting process. Thanks a lot for joining us, Sonia and now lets all proceed to check out her wonderful Blog.

I hope you all found Sonia’s work inspiring.  Next Wednesday, I would be featuring another talented lady from Chennai…Till then… Cheers & do link up

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