different bracelets

This beaded stretch bracelet features three different types of jade: black, dark green, and pale apple green. Guatemalan artisan Zandra Lorena Sajbin handcrafts this intriguing bracelet alternating the jade types of different shapes--the black and pale apple green beads are cylindrical and the dark green beads are rounded rectangles.

Strong, black agate beads are paired with tiger's eye in this men's stretch bracelet. Costa Rican artisan Efrain Espinoza handcrafts his design, adding stainless steel beads where the different gemstones meet.

Giving a contemporary twist to traditional African designs, artisan Catherine Offei Kwapong creates a lovely stretch bracelet with sese wood and recycled plastic beads. Using nylon cord, she strings the different beads by hand in an eye-catching alternating pattern.

Catherine Offei Kwapong enjoys giving traditional West African styles a contemporary twist, which she does with this charming beaded stretch bracelet. Using nylon cord, the artisan strings different sese wood beads by hand in an alternating pattern that is centered by a single terracotta bead.

Akwele Suma takes her inspiration for this bracelet from the emergence of the sun at dawn and its rays across the sky. "Each day is a new beginning, we can always start fresh," shares the Ghanaian artist. She crafts the bracelet by hand, cutting paper from different printed sources and rolling them into spindles that alternate with sese wood beads.

The artist uses the paper at hand so paper colors will vary, making each design a unique example of handcrafted art. These beads receive a protective coat of clear nail polish.