loom earrings

Scintillating seed beads cascade from diamonds in very long, lovely earrings. Diamond-shaped talismans known as the "eyes of God" refer to the four cardinal points in Huichol belief and direct one to the correct path of life. Meticulously handcrafted by artisans of Mexico's Huichol Center for Cultural Survival and Traditional Arts, they combine black seed beads with brown and ivory.

Mexican artisan Adriana Trejo chooses a rainbow of petite glass beads, diligently stringing them by hand onto this pair of waterfall earrings. Bright beads and bugles accentuate the earrings, which are given tapered shapes that dangle from the ears on hooks of sterling silver.