Heart Brooch, Red

Description

• Show your love with this tiny, hand-beaded, heart brooch.
• 1″W x 1″H
• 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.
• The women work in groups of five or so to produce these designs.
• The glass beads are placed in a multicolored pile upon a flat surface in front of each woman.
• Beads are picked up on needles held between each woman’s thumb and index finger.
• This process is quick and precise, resembling sleight of hand.
• As beads accrue, the sculpture emerges.
• Beaders must learn to weave or sculpt each new design separately.
• To achieve uniformity, they must memorize hundreds of steps for each figure.