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The people who teach at KraftStories

Every class is led by a maker, not a script. Meet some of the people behind our studios and online workshops, including the founder, who still teaches the Turkish mosaic lamp class himself.

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Meet the makers

Every class is run by the person whose craft it actually is.

Beyza Akyüz Istanbul, Turkey

Beyza Akyüz

Author, animation writer & storyteller · Istanbul, Turkey

A Turkish author and animation writer, formerly an editor and consultant at TRT. She tells traditional tales out loud to audiences of every age, and runs her own online writing ateliers.

Published by Yapı Kredi Yayınları

Chiara Giordano Honolulu, Hawaiʻi

Chiara Giordano

Hawaiʻi lead · Terrariums & moss art · Honolulu, Hawaiʻi

Leads our Hawaiʻi studio and hosts with a warmth you feel immediately. A former pastry chef — the same attention to layers and precision shows up in how she builds a terrarium.

Former pastry chef · KraftStories Hawaiʻi lead

Their work

Chiara Giordano
Chiara Giordano
Chiara Giordano
Chiara Giordano
Nur Gokdogan Honolulu, Hawaiʻi

Nur Gokdogan

Founder & designer · Turkish mosaic lamps · Honolulu, Hawaiʻi

Founder of KraftStories. He grew up in Turkey around mosaic lamp making and still teaches the class himself — hand-cut glass, beads, and the patience of setting one small piece at a time.

Founder, KraftStories

Their work

Nur Gokdogan
Nur Gokdogan
Nur Gokdogan
Nur Gokdogan
Walada Touriño Iglesias Seville, Spain

Walada Touriño Iglesias

Fine artist · Islamic geometry & calligraphy · Seville, Spain

A Spanish artist from a family of artisans and leathercrafters, painting Arabic calligraphy, geometric pattern and arabesque in watercolour and gouache.

Work shipped to more than 20 countries

Their work

Walada Touriño Iglesias
Walada Touriño Iglesias
Walada Touriño Iglesias

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