Camelia Necklace - Smartie bead

Camelia Necklace - Smartie beadThis amazing necklace is handmade from hand painted fair trade ceramic beads. The clay used to make these beads is responsibly mined from the foot of Africa's second tallest mountain Mt. Kenya. The beads are handmade by our maker mums who roll and shape the clay by hand. Some of the women have been at this art for more than 50 years. The raw bead is sun dried for a day before its fired in a kiln (bisque firing) at 900 degrees to harden it. After this,

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they fire them in a kiln at 1200 degree Celsius after which they hand paint them into the desired patterns using specialist ceramic glazes

formal and casual wear

The hardware used in this belt is hand made using recycled brass

2 Bracelets with cross

One Custom beaded belt

This beaded belt is hand made by the maasai of Kenya using the best quality glass beads

0 inches wide and is ideal for junior's school

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the bead is hand painted using ceramic colours and then fired again at between 1050 to 1000 degree celcius to bring out the beautiful colours

This Giraffe pendant is handmade from ceramic clay then hand painted and fired in a kiln

Our work supports a community of rarely gifted but vulnerable women who make a decent living from their artistic skills in bead making