Our Story

One beautiful winter evening in early January 2015, Oleh was busily soldering lures for ice fishing. The rest of the family was circling around him, admiring the work: "These are so beautiful! They look like real jewelry!" Everyone was trying to "borrow" them to see how they’d look as accessories. Then, our young daughter Sofia quietly asked:

"Dad, you know it's Mom's birthday soon... why don't you make her a piece of jewelry?"

"Why not?" Oleh thought. He created a pendant inspired by the works of Tallinn jeweler Adolfas Šaulys, featuring city maps and that iconic little dot: “You are here.”

The gift and the idea were a hit, and joint work began in earnest: Yasa drew the sketches, Oleh brought them to life, and we gave away all our first creations as gifts to our friends.

This led to our very first collection, which gave our project its name: FlyInHome. It consisted of double-sided pendants made from copper alloys, patinated using our signature technique, telling stories about the lives and travels of little "flying houses."

A year later, we decided to see if we could turn this passion into a business. We made a batch of 28 pendants, did a photoshoot, set up social media pages, and tried to find interested shops. At first, it was slow going. But then, by total chance, we saw an ad for the ArtFlection design market. We applied, were accepted, and on December 15, 2015, our journey truly began.

That first market was nerve-wracking-everything was so new to us. But it turned out to be a massive success. Beyond the sales, we received a tremendous amount of positive feedback.

After the festival ended, we walked outside and realized after a while that we couldn’t stop smiling. We hadn't felt this way in a long time in our primary architectural careers, where we constantly had to fight, prove our worth, and explain ourselves to others. This newfound feeling, combined with the encouraging financial results, inspired us to keep digging deeper into this direction.

From there, we discovered even more design markets. We heard about the legendary Lambada Market, applied, and to our surprise, were selected. Trips to Moscow followed, and we discovered the concept of "craft tourism"- combining market trips with travel and relaxation.

Our first long-distance trip was to the Gesheft Garage Sale in Odesa, Ukraine. It was another wave of positive emotions and new connections with amazing makers, leading to our first collaboration with an offline shop in Lviv. Then came our first trip to a design market in Tallinn, Estonia. The success of these journeys and the high demand for our jewelry gave us the strength and confidence to expand our activities internationally.

In the summer of 2017, we embarked on a massive "Craft Road Trip", covering thousands of miles:

St. Petersburg → Moscow → Cheboksary → Perm → Yekaterinburg → Miass → Ufa → Naberezhnye Chelny → Kazan → Nizhny Novgorod → Vladimir → Yuriev-Polsky → Sergiev Posad → Moscow → St. Petersburg → Daugavpils → Wrocław → Prague → Berlin → Klaipėda → St. Petersburg.

We saw so much and gained a true, deep understanding of both the country we lived in and the countries we visited. Main point: every country and every city exists in its own cultural "enclave"-a unique bubble, often quite distinct from the world around it. Stepping into these microworlds makes you feel like a pioneer, suddenly washed over by a tide of beauty and awe. By immersing ourselves in these environments and distilling these fragments of experience within us, we have been able to create something truly unique.

As the project evolved, our range expanded, and new collection directions emerged. At a certain point, we began experimenting with titanium, recycled plastics, LEDs, natural gemstones, and other unconventional materials. As the complexity and quality of our work grew, we began receiving invitations to participate in art-jewelry exhibitions, and our story caught the attention of the press, leading to several features and publications.

Over time, the core messages of our project have crystallized into two guiding principles: "Anti-Brutalism" as our direction, and "The Unbearable Fragility of Being" as our meaning.

"By combining materials that are unconventional and rarely used in this field, and by focusing on aesthetics and the realization of ideas, we strive to convey the tenderness and vulnerability of a life that could end at any moment—yet continues its journey nonetheless." - FlyInHome