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Presented by Pearls of the Sea Youth Group, this beaded cuff features a solid antique white color. Handcrafted by youth in El Salvador in order to obtain a better education, this bracelet design is simple, yet elegant.

Crafted by youth near the city of San Salvador in order to acquire a better education, this beaded cuff bracelet is presented by Pearls of the Sea Youth Group. The design features a band of solid cornflower blue.

This beaded cuff bracelet is handcrafted by a group of organized youth in El Salvador in order to obtain a better education. Presented by Pearls of the Sea Youth Group, the design features triangle and zigzag motifs made from multicolored glass beads.

Presented by Pearls of the Sea Youth Group, this eye-catching beaded cuff bracelet comes from El Salvador. Made by a group of organized youth outside the city of San Salvador in order to obtain a better education, this design features multicolored glass beads in hexagonal patterns to achieve a charming look.

Would you believe this colorful pair of button earrings is handmade by threading one crystal and glass bead at a time? That is exactly what Mexican artisan Adriana Trejo does very patiently in order to craft these handsome star-shaped earrings in energizing aqua, yellow and orange, which feature a 14k gold-plated brass base, post and clasp.

This extra-long beaded necklace is from Guatemala's Mirian Zet, who crafts it entirely by hand. The necklace features tiny glass beads in orderly stripes of royal, sky blue and gold. It is secured by a blue crystal button clasp.

Formed of three blue peyote buds, a lighted candle is radiant in this exquisite nierika, or votive beadwork painting by Kupihaute. A butterfly alights on either side in his composition, which takes the shape of a flower with five wide petals.

The artisan, who writes fluently in the Huichol, Nahuatl, Spanish and English languages, talks about this work in his own words. "The nierika is a mirror that is offered to the sea together with the first corn that has been harvested, in order to renew the cycle of rains that will give life to the next crop cycle. As in most of the ancient cultures of our planet, the candle represents our trajectory between being born and returning. For this reason, even today, during the celebration of our birthday, it is customary to light and blow out as many candles as solar cycles have elapsed. The butterflies and spirals are indicating that existence is energy in permanent transformation between arising from and returning to earth."

The intricate images are formed with tiny seed beads. Kupihuate patiently places them one at a time with a needle made of abalone shell onto a huanacaxtle wood backing. Beeswax is used instead of glue.

The process is totally spontaneous, with no previous sketch or design. It is guided by the artist's unconscious to tell the stories that remain in our collective ancestral memory. He signs his work with the symbol of a butterfly on the reverse side of the nierika.