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Featured Reviews on Handmade Jewellery
Sterling silver cuff bracelet, 'Strength of Celuk'
By Jim Clark
A work of art.
I have never worn silver before, and this bracelet just spoke to me. It's a great weight and the detail is stunning. I absolutely love it!
Beaded necklace, 'Pool Party'
By Weymouth
Pool Party will be a splash at work
My fiancée will love this necklace for a birthday present. It is a wonderful statement piece and I am sure this piece will mesh with her style in jewelry. Congrats to the artist and her creativity. Thank you
Sterling silver torsade necklace, 'Borobudur Dragon'
By Daryl
Uniquely beautiful necklace
This necklace is a show stopper! Its much more substantial and shiny than I expected, which is good. It will hold its own against heavier winter fabrics and will still be appropriate for summer wear. Thank you, Komang, for creating this uniquely beautiful piece! I know Ill enjoy wearing it.
Featured Artist
To keep these traditions alive, the Zenú teach at a local children's school that approaches ethnocultural knowledge by teaching students to always integrate craftwork with oral history.
The Zenú are an Indigenous people in Colombia, whose ancestral territory comprises the Sinu Valleys and San Jorge Rivers as well as the Caribbean... read more
About Handcrafted Jewellery
Men and women have adorned themselves with jewelry since long before the age of reason! Garlands of flowers, bracelets of woven grass, shells, and stone; such were the first decorations to beautify the human body. We may have been wearing jewellery as far back as 75,000 years ago - 30,000 years earlier than previously believed - according to a recent report by National Geographic News. Over the millennia, jewellery styles and materials have evolved in step with the advances of civilization. From the Stone Age to the Bronze Age, from the Iron Age to the Industrial Revolution (and seemingly back again!), jewellery styles have transformed, modernized, and then often returned to their most basic forms and essential elements.
Tips and Resources
- Selecting handcrafted jewellery
- Handmade jewellery wearing and pairing tips
- The caring and cleaning of handcrafted jewellery
- Healing and spiritual beliefs: Gems, crystals, and magnetic jewellery
- Precious metals
- Beads & other materials
- Precious and semiprecious gems
- NOVICA's Handmade Jewellery Encyclopedia
- Jewellery on Wikipedia
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