Eve Brooch

Description

• Brooch of Eve holding the forbidden fruit.
• 3.5″ tall.
• Glass bead exterior; plastic filling.
• Spot clean.
• Handmade and fairly traded.
• Made by a womens co-operative in a small village on the shores of Lake Atitlan in Guatemala.
• Women work in groups to produce these designs.
• Glass beads are placed in a multicolored pile on a flat surface.
• Quick and precise bead picking creates the sculpture.
• Beaders learn to weave or sculpt each design separately.
• Uniformity requires memorizing hundreds of steps for each figure.