1. ORIGINAL SÁMI HANDICRAFTS

2. I am Tea Titola, designer and maker of original sámi handicrafts

4. Sámi Duodji badge is your guarantee for genuine sámi handicraft and design. It builds upon the experience of generations.

6. Here you see some handicrafts that I have made.

7. Reindeer leather bracelet, decorated with skolt sámi beadwork.

9. Beadwork is special decoration style of skolt (eastern) sámi people

10. BELTS

14. Traditional reindeer leather is made at home. Colour and natural preservative comes from bark of willow.

15. The idea of this bag is the contrast of dark and white reindeer fur

17. Materials come from nature: reindeer and fish leather.

21. Salmon leather products decorated with backbone “beads” of whitefish

24. REINDEER BOOTS

25. Only the best material is good enough for reindeer boots

26. All four legs of reindeer are needed to make a pair of boots

28. JIEKIÖ is a special tool for scraping leather

30. Using the ”jiekiö”

33. After the scraping, cutting the pieces, sewing them together and decorating, the boots (shoes) are ready.

36. Reindeer boots (shoes) are very warm in winter

38. NECKLESSES

40. SÁMI BANDS, this time as key holders

42. Caps of skolt sámi ladies show their marital status

44. Wife´s cap is decorated with lots of beads

46. By purchasing original sámi handicrafts, you support the continuity of rich sámi culture and tradition.

47. Tea Titola Lappi Handicraft Shop (Apartment Hotel Lapin Kutsu) Kelotie 1, 99830 SAARISELKÄ Tel. + 358 16 668 441 Fax. + 358 16 668 156 E-mail: lapinkutsu@saariselka.fi