OUR STORY
THE BRAND
Julianne Marie - Kreattiva Designs was founded in 2012.
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Its main aim to to instill passion towards wearable accessories and make each and every item a wearable art.
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Each design is produced in unique and limited edition number to keep its uniqueness.
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All our designs have a message behind them, some are vibrant others have a natural colour.
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Its all about being bold, instilling uniqueness in one self in being different and finally being what and "who you are" makes one unique.
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THE DESIGNER
I’m Julianne Marie Brincat from the lovely sunny archipelago of Malta. I am a loving wife and mother to an amazing girl. Although I garnered a degree in Communication and a Masters degree in Island and Small states, I’m also a self-taught artiste. However, my innate love of art is partly due to the fact that my father is an artist and sculptor Sonny Gatt. I am passionate about culture, nature, and history… in a nutshell, all that makes my nation what it is.
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My father imbued me with a love of art and design. For as long as I can remember, I was enchanted by the way paint, paper, plaster, fabric and wood came together to create something beautiful… and of course I tried to emulate him as best as I could. I love textile prints; I am fascinated by the way fabric can be used in different ways for different effects; by the way material moves - flows,
as it were – by how the texture and the weave and the colour can be manipulated to reveal detail and convey radiance, or block light…
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Scarves have always been one of my favourite accessories. I recall thinking (back in 2012) that it would be interesting to see whether I could design a scarf for myself. I set to work with paper, pens, and ink, and I was quite pleased with the result. However, I realised I would need to learn how to transfer my designs to my laptop, in order for the eventual printing to be of high quality. A mere photo would not be good enough, since printers
require certain specifications for optimum results. Actually, there exist specific art applications and programmes for this kind of endeavour, and these helped me to make my painted scarf a reality.
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And the rest is history.