FOUNDING STORY
Hello! This is Yuhan, the founder of ESUZ, an ordinary person with a nine-to-five job. I currently live in Austin, Texas. I found myself often stuck in job tasks unhappily and needed to take a break from work in 2018. I turned to my friend, Ah Wei, to see what he had to offer on career changes. I knew Ah Wei from middle school, back when I was living in Taiwan. Ah Wei started to pursue his dream of being a full-time sculptor in 2016. He regularly attended local markets and had sold his works online in Taiwan.
Although he offered great recommendations on how to turn hobbies into a dream job, I cannot help to think that my talented friend was missing out on international opportunities. I decided to remove his language barrier by offering to set up an Etsy store for him and be the curator for the store. We opened our Etsy store in October of 2018.
We received so many wonderful reviews over the past years. It was such a fulfilling feeling to realize what I offered to my friend had harvested into something that benefited not only him but also the people over the world.
"It is so cool that my works are sold to places that I have never been to." - Ah Wei said to me one day.
I began to think: "What if we could make this more than an Etsy store?"
MEET OUR DESIGNERS/MAKERS
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Ah Wei Workshop
Shop CollectionAh Wei is an artist who enjoys working with clay and sculpting animals. He likes to bring the animals in his imagination to interesting tableau. All of the finished pieces are hand cast in resin and hand painted. Every piece is unique and full of character.
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Kindly Leather
Shop CollectionR High began her leather journey from an apprenticeship with an established leather workshop. Combining her love of leather and plants, R High started her own brand, Kindly Leather, to bring the beauty of leathercraft to everyone.
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815 Art
Shop CollectionYuhsien makes wonderful creatures with leftover materials - fabric scrap, sample cloth, recycled materials.
