beaded glass

Wear this out on the street to show your support! This bracelet is handwoven with fine red and white glass beads by the Wakami cooperative of the city of Guatemala, which works to help rural artisans get their products to market.

"I chose to make this bracelet with two glass bead ties that symbolize union. The small beads of different colors, sizes and textures represent the community — all different but sharing the dream of having a better future," artisan Cristobal Ramirez says. |He combines seed beads in brown, green and blue, all beautiful earth colors in his original unity bracelet.