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Featured Reviews on Handmade Jewellery
Garnet cuff bracelet, 'Jungle Princess'
By Karen
Stunning!
This piece is worth every second of the restock time. It is amazing. Imagination and expertise combine to produce a piece which is clever, delightful and elegant all in one. I expect this piece to be noticed!.
Aventurine beaded necklace, 'Garden Party'
By JUDY
Craftmenship is fabulous!!
This is a beautiful piece and i am very proud to be able to wear it and show other people!!! Thank you.
Sterling silver pendant bracelet, 'Fern Grotto'
By Jeff
Can not wait to give this to my wife.
Seems to be made to a very high standard and looks amazing. From the main center piece to the side chains to the clasp is high quality. WELL DONE
Featured Artist
To keep these traditions alive, the ZenĆŗ teach at a local children's school that approaches ethnocultural knowledge by teaching students to always integrate craftwork with oral history.
The ZenĆŗ 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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