Purple Violets Mango Wood Decorative Box Pair _artisan--novica-artisan-3803 Thread & silver-tone base metal

Thread & silver-tone base metal

Rituu expertly knots the cotton bracelet by hand with macramé techniques

Rainbow-colored puzzle pieces grow from a tree with the phrases "Embrace Differences" and "Understand Autism" for an encouraging

the sisters employ and care for 120 young women who are handicapped and/or economically disadvantaged

and findings by women jewelry artisans from a workshop outside of Nodia

Purple Violets Mango Wood Decorative Box Pair _artisan--novica-artisan-3803 Thread & silver-tone base metalNantana Sompamitre creates this pair of delightful boxes by carving mango wood into spheres. A violet motif adorns their smooth, lacquered surfaces. Sompamitre carves the desired shape and coats it with lacquer. Once dried it is polished, and another coat is applied up to twenty times before as many six coats of pure lacquer are present. The final layer is polished with powdered fired clay. Then the motifs are etched with a technique called lai kad