Entrepreneur turns broken toys into something new
Posted on | October 8, 2010 |
Karlos Lleva loves toys so much he cannot bear seeing them thrown away. With boundless creativity and using polymer clay, he recycles their broken parts and turns them into unique accessories. With an initial capital of P2,000, Karlos, whose nickname is Kloi, started Kloi’s n Klay’s after discovering that he could turn his hobby into a business venture. But more than being a source of income, Kloi got into the business out of his personal love for crafting things. “As a kid, I’ve always been fascinated with making clay pots but I didn’t know then how it works,” Kloi says. “I used my skills in making props to make my designs stand out,” shares Kloi, who used to volunteer to make stage props in church for the yearly Senakulo. Full story here.