張家瑞

自我介紹

為編寫程式而存，為手做創意而活的電腦科技系的大男生-------張家瑞，Brian 在2009年尾，從大學畢業后就投身入程式編寫員這份工作。在一次偶然的機會，我的同事就向我推薦手作，并鼓勵我嘗試做手作。一試竟然愛上了。 開始時都用不織布做了一些作品，然後擺在網上賣，半年內一單生意都沒有。就在即將放棄的邊緣，我的室友就建議我嘗試做襪子娃娃吧。沒想到就這樣得到了第一單生意就做成了。 一開始我的創作靈感是來至於我記憶中的角色，後來技巧開始成熟了，娃娃可以有更多的變化了。就開始從生活中尋找靈感，得到靈感。就做了我的【斑馬寶寶系列】和【斑馬天使系列】。後來參加了一個手做環保比賽，激發了我想用襪子娃娃來傳達環保意識的想法，所以做了一隻【大海天使-章魚。本杰明】。勝出后，我依然延續這個想法繼續設計出更多的【環保軍團系列】和【生活啓發系列】希望透過可愛的娃娃能讓環保變得有趣而不是乏味。而一路走來，得到了家人和身邊的朋友的愛和鼓勵，還有客戶們的支持。令我更用心繼續下去。 手作已經成爲了我的興趣。每一天放工后，我就會做手作，平均4小時左右。在休假時，如果沒有外出，就會留在家裡繼續創作更多的作品。有時太累了，就會選擇休息一下，因為我相信我那一刻的心情和想法都會出現在我娃娃身上。 希望我的作品能陪伴你的快樂或悲傷，或讓他為你傳達你的愛意，關心和想法。 我只想用我滿滿的愛為你打造你專屬的【愛的禮物】 ******************************************************************************************** A guy from IT background, doing web and desktop programming for living but doing craft for his life. In year 2009, I started off doing crafts using felt but I didn’t get any sales during the first 6 months. Which is when I was about to give up from doing crafts, my little housemates recommended me to do plush by using socks. So I just give it a try and there goes my first sale in my web shop. My inspirations for crafts vary throughout the journey. In the beginning, inspiration came from memory, which turned out in the forms of Lowly Worm, Toothless Dragon, Golden Bug and others. These are not from my own creation but are characters from my childhood memory. After that, I started to find inspiration from my life, which led to the Zebra series that contains Baby Zebra and Angel Zebra. Recently I joined the Handmade Eco challenge contest. It inspired me to use plush toys to convey the Recycle message that Handmade Eco is trying to promote. With the idea of saving Mother Nature, I made an Octopus Sea Angel and named it Benjamin. After the contest, I continued with creating my octopus, beaver, bird and lion plushies to carry the message of recycling to the world. I created these plush toys with the hope that the next generation will be willing to get to know and get involved in recycling activities, while trying to make people feel that recycling is not a boring thing to do. Crafting has actually become my hobby. Normally after my daily work, I will work on my crafts. On average, I spend 4 hours a day crafting. During the weekends, if I don’t have any other activities, I will just stay home and continue crafting. Sometimes, when I feel tired after working long hours, I will choose to take a nap and then only continue doing my crafts. I will make sure I’m in the mood to do it because I believe the message that I’m trying to bring out will be shown in my work. --------------------------------------by 張家瑞