Jewelry

Buddha

This necklace is painterly asymmetrical! The three carved Buddha heads are from Tibet, the hand shaped silver beads from Ethiopia. There are square tubes of turquoise, and lovely hand-painted porcelain beads from China. Small striped African trade beads and aventurine cubes are enchanting spacers thrown into the mix. The clasp is handmade sterling silver. 27". $100

Buddha Bodhi and Amber

This necklace has a certain warmth about it. Could be the Buddha heads carved from the Bodhi seed, or maybe the old amber and copal beads mixed in with the jet disks and coconut hishi, or perhaps it's the hand rolled brass and silver beads from Ethiopia. The showpiece bead is a Venetian glass trade bead with simple millefiore design. 36" $125

Baoule Sun

The round beads are a deep plum colored hand cast glass. The five sun disks are lost wax cast brass Baoule beads from Ghana. Spacers are antique brass, and black coral. 21" $75

Buri and Brass

The three beads in the center are antique brass hair beads from Nigeria. Eggplant colored buri seeds combine with rust Padre beads, black coral and hand rolled brass. The necklace is lightweight and eye-catching. 17" $65

Turquoise Accent

Another asymmetrical offering, interesting enough to hang on a wall when it's not being worn. The large brown tubes are horn beads from Africa, the Chinese turquoise disks form a perfect imperfect accent. Recycled brown glass beads and hand rolled copper spacers fill into the handmade Ethiopian silver beads accenting the three antique chocolate brown Mali wedding beads. The glass wedding beads were made in Czechoslovakia for trade in Mali. Guests presented the bride with these beads on her wedding day. 24" $100

Rudraksha and Dove

Carved horn dove rests among antique rust colored Padre beads, copper and coconut hishi spacers. The textured rounds are Rudraksha prayer beads, a seed from India. Two silver repousee beads from Tibet, and small glass trade beads complete this easy light weight necklace. 17" ~~$65~~ SOLD

Blue by Blue

This necklace is a wonderful mix of some of my favorite beads. There are three rare Venetian wound (as in past tense of wind) glass trade beads, deep rich blue with tiny white flowers. The blue recycled glass beads are from Ghana and made from Milk of Magnesia bottles. Interspersed are silver repousee beads from Tibet, bone rondelles, pipestone and hand rolled silver spacers. As a special treat there is one small amber glass Mali wedding bead. Beautiful and versatile, it can also be worn twice around as a choker. 36" ~~$125~~ SOLD

Green Comfort

The frosted green beads are made of recycled coke bottles. A small, (somewhat) round hole is dug into wet sand, molten glass is poured in and allowed to cool. These beads can be found in coke bottle green, Milk of Magnesia bottle blue, and beer bottle brown. The beads separating the recycled glass beads are watermelon beads from Africa. The green teardrops are antique Wedding beads from Mali. 22" ~~$75~~ SOLD

Hishi and more...

This fun necklace is made of coconut hishi, antique watermelon beads from Africa, with hand rolled brass beads and small black coral spacers. The centerpiece is a beautiful antique wedding bead from Mali in an enchanting deep green. 22" ~~$75~~ SOLD

Cinnabar pattern...

Sometimes it's fun to make a pattern...sometimes it's not. This necklace is one of the patterns that was fun to watch grow. The red beads are carved cinnabar from China, spaced by black onyx tubes and silver repousee beads from Tibet. The clasp is hand made sterling silver. 36" ~~$100~~ SOLD