Slavica Čorak was born in 1958. After graduating from the tailoring high school, Mrs. Slavica has been sewing and tailoring clothes and similar items all her life. In 2021, she opened a home-made business and, in addition to sewing clothes, also makes souvenirs. Over the past years, as a member of the Gačanka association, she has collaborated with numerous folklore and cultural and artistic societies, reconstructing and making folk costumes and developing knowledge about handicrafts and the cultural heritage of Lika.
Its products can be purchased at the address, as well as at tourist fairs in Otočac and surrounding towns. Several of its products have the "Lika Quality" certificate.
Udruga Gačanka Otočac se od 2004. godine bavi izradom ličkih narodnih nošnji i držanjem radionica tradicijskih zanata. Programske aktivnosti udruge Gačanka Otočac usmjerene su očuvanju i turističkoj valorizaciji raspoloživih kulturnih i prirodnih resursa; povećanju svijesti o važnosti povijesti, okoliša i kulturne baštine kod stanovnika i posjetitelja; očuvanju i revitalizaciji zaboravljenih obrta, znanja i vještina prerade vune i njihovoj turističkoj valorizaciji.
Udruga Gačanka Otočac vrlo je aktivna na planu očuvanja tradicijske i kulturno-povijesne baštine Like, organiziraju sakupljanje i otkup ovčje vune, izrađuju muške i ženske narodne nošnje, izrađuju i predstavljaju tradicijske proizvode od vune i lana na turističkim sajmovima i izložbama u Hrvatskoj i u inozemstvu i oživljavaju male radionice. U centru za tradicijske obrte u Otočcu imaju stalni izložbeni postav i tradicijsku radionicu za preradu vune. Sudjelovanjem i provođenjem nekoliko projekata financiranih iz EU fonda članice udruge educirane su za mentorstva u provođenju programa izrade proizvoda. Udruga je svojim dosadašnjim radom nadopunila paletu suvenira i time obogatila turističku ponudu kraja. Sudjelujući u projektu „Originalni suvenir“ u organizaciji Hrvatske gospodarske komore, Županijska komora Otočac, udruga je osvojila Znak originalnosti za 5 proizvoda. Lička kapa je prepoznatljiv predmet, a udruga je ručno izrađuje na originalan način kao uporabni i suvenirni predmet. Lička torba izrađuje se u nekoliko varijanti na tradicionalan način tehnikom kličanja koja je karakteristična za ovaj kraj a time žele postići da upravo uzorci tehnike tkanja – kličanje – postanu prepoznatljivi i na dizajnerskim torbama .
Svoje proizvode prodaju u vlastitim prostoru, na sajmovima diljem Hrvatske, a iste je moguće i naručiti dostavom. Proizvode je moguće naručiti po određenim dimenzijama i drugim željama za što je najbolje kontaktirati predsjednicu udruge na gore navedeni broj.
Obiteljsko poljoprivredno gospodarstvo Bogdanić Helena iz Otočca postoji od 2014. godine. Gospodarstvo posjeduje vrt i voćnjak ispod kuće površine 5.500 m2, smješten uz sami tok rijeke Gacke, a koji su zasađeni mnogobrojnim kulturama voća i povrća te ukrasnog bilja i raslinja (jednogodišnjim i višegodišnjim).
Vrijednost gospodarstva je i u tome što se nalazi u Registru ekoloških proizvođača te se bavi organskim uzgojem voća i povrća, kao i preradom vlastitog organskog uzgoja. Uz prodaju na sajmovima u cijeloj Hrvatskoj, njihovi proizvodi se nalaze i u nekoliko dućana zdrave hrane te u hotelima u Rakovici i Opatiji. Na imanju proizvode više vrta pekmeza, sokova, likera, čajeva te proizvode i zdrave domaće energetske pločice. Neki od proizvoda nose i „Lika Quality ozaku“.
Među vrijednim ekološkim proizvodima i prerađevinama ovog gospodarstva, a zbog kojih se kupci konstantno vraćaju, su domaći pekmez od šljiva te domaći pekmez od šipka, spravljeni na tradicionalan način.
At the manufacturer Author E j.d.o.o. the urban theme dominates with recognizable Japods motifs that permeate the real and the fantastic, because you are entering colorful and cheerful world, so everyone who wants to blossom their world and leave a mark in this restrained time knows that they can find it in our workshop.
She is not alone in her work; her husband Damir also works with her, who successfully combines the ancient and the modern, working with copper and wood as his favorite expression.
In 2007, she received an award for an original souvenir from Lika-Senj County, as a cultural and historical souvenir. It was a Gacka's buckle, for which she was inspired by a Japodian fibula, which attracted her with its simplicity.
''Gačanska kopča'' (Gacka's buckle) derives from the perfect and simple form of its shape, its symbolism of eternal movement in time and space, and the diversity of materials only contributes to the coloristic flexibility of changing fashion trends. I wanted to show that the jewelry of ancient Japods is above all modern jewelry, that it is timeless and permanent. It is made of twists and spirals, interconnected "eights". That "eight", as a mathematical sign of infinity, connects two worlds, two universes. It proved to be a perfect template for her to make jewelry from silver and copper, and she also transfers it to other materials, textiles, wool, and weaving.
Her need for creative expression has always been an integral part of her life. Her late father was a filigree master and goldsmith, and her mother's family was engaged in the production of filigree jewelry. In Zagreb, where she was born, she graduated from the School of Culture and Arts, and fashion design from the School of Textile Design. Always prone to taking risks and unconventional dressing.
Everything she does is with an emphasis on cultural heritage, and the "Gačanska kopča" (Gacka's buckle) , that tiny spiral and figure eight, is most responsible for her expression and therefore the best-selling.
Danijela Gift Gallery is a creative place run by owner Danijela Tonković from Otočac, who can create and make a unique and personalized souvenir for everyone. Whether you need a modern, festive or humorous gift for a specific occasion or are looking for souvenirs with an ethno flair, you will find it all in the Danijela gift gallery.
The gift gallery's opening hours are flexible - and you can contact the friendly and always smiling owner at any time by phone or via social media. It also sells its products at local events in Otočac and its surroundings. Part of the assortment can be viewed and purchased via the web shop.
The Bronzović family has four members and is active in beekeeping since 2002. All the work is divided between Marinko and his wife Nataša, and seeing that they are the third generation of beekeepers in the family, they have high hopes for their sons Matej and Luka continuing the family business.
They actively keep about 100 beehives and move them to different pastures, in order to produce more honey sorts and thus more income. Their family farm also contains an object for extracting, bottling and storing the honey. This object is equipped in accordance with the EU standards, in order to meet the high food safety standards, and the object is registered in the Veterinary Administration as such.
They produce different types of honey such as flower honey, meadow honey, honeydew (honeydew, forest honey), heather, acacia and sage. Most of the listed species are produced by bees collecting nectar from flowers in the Gacka Valley, and some species also originate from other areas, such as acacia, sage, and heather. In addition to honey, they also offer customers flower powder (pollen), “bee bread”, propolis drops, propolis spray, honey in honeycomb, honeycombs in honey, beeswax candles. A special place is occupied by honey-based products, i.e. honey mixtures, such as creamy honey, creamy honey with chocolate, creamy honey with hazelnuts and chocolate, honey spread with hazelnuts, immune - boosting honey, honey mixture with nuts and dried fruits, and lip balms.
All the honey sorts by the Bronzović family farm have a Quality certificate which they received from the Croatian agricultural agency: the honey from our homeland.
They also offer apiinhalation on their property. Apiinhalation is performed in an apiinhalation house, or apicomora, which is located next to the apiary itself.
In the apiinhalation house, there are 6 beehives with 6 expert apiinhalators. Their purpose is to inhale air that has been supplemented with microparticles of bee products, such as honey, propolis, fermented pollen, royal jelly, bee venom, and beeswax. Breathing in beehive air aids in the treatment of respiratory illnesses like pneumonia, bronchitis, sinusitis, inflammation of the front airways, and chronic lung diseases like COPD and asthma. It also helps in the treatment of allergies, migraines, and chronic headaches so as in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, stress, depression, and during the healing process following stroke.
Because apiinhalations enhance lung volume and soothe the body, they are particularly recommended for athletes.
In addition to apiinhalations, one area of the house is designed for anti-stress therapy; specifically, there is a bed where the users can completely relax and enjoy the calming hum of bees. Watch them hastily enter and leave the hives, frequently with pollen on their legs, while the aromatic scent of the hive and bees surround them, and all of this without fear because they are separated from the bees by a safety net.
In addition to their farm, products can be purchased on Wednesdays at the market in Otočac, as well as at all events organized by the Tourist Board throughout the year.
The family farm “Vunena čarolija” (Wool Magic) produces felted products from natural sheep's wool. Handicrafts are realistic and unique. The reinforcement or skeleton is made of wire and is therefore flexible. Washed wool is dyed with natural dyes found in nature or at home. Products can also be made to order.
