Running a creative business in Tokyo -Victoria Close

Victoria Close founder of Bikudesigns has lived and in Japan with her British husband and children for 25 years.   Victoria reuses vintage Japanese kimonos and makes them into stunning jewellery pieces and accessories like earrings, brooches, necklaces and headbands Victoria calls herself a self-taught jeweller which interesting, only because her degree was in something else, she has trained in silver smithing though so it’s so common that we do this isn’t it? As of course talk about this, the hang ups we all carry as creatives had being an expert. We look at what the pandemic is like over there and how they have coped In Tokyo just before the Olympics 2021 Although, Victoria and her family have lived through a tsunami a huge earth quake and a tsunami and nuclear melt down in 2011 She thought there had been a tremor during our chat!   Victoria’s Takeaways 1.Your business can be completely different to where you started, we all evolve, that’s ok! 2.Imagine your creativity is like a cork, if it’s pushed down it will float back up 3.Say ‘I am a ……. 4.Watch how you tell people what you do. Is it In shock? or with conviction? 5.Set up a support group for your followers or village/school or any community you’ve felt you could help, you if think this, you will be 100% right! 6.Even in the biggest disasters nature and wildlife has the power to push through! 7.Take photos of your cities everyday objects, you will find many who have left, miss seeing those moments and objects       LINKS:   Overseas Makers Guild Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/347500526246146   Overseas Makers Guild Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/overseas_makers_guild/   Bikudesigns VIP Club: https://www.facebook.com/groups/254399134978215   Bikudesigns website: https://www.bikudesigns.com/   Bikudesigns Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/bikudesigns   Bikudesigns Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bikudesigns/