Bleached Jade & .925 Silver Earrings 'Maya Memory'
These earrings are such a beautiful piece of jewelry. They are gorgeous and finely crafted. Jade is supposed to bring good luck and is very precious to many civilizations.
The stone is beautiful and accents any outfit making you look classy and sophisticated.
Love this kind of jewels that have a meaning and evoke ancient times, most of all that they are made by artisans whom inherited the craft from generations past.
The kind of quality you find in any of Novica's items is higher than expected because of the care that each piece has endure to make all the beautiful designs.
Novica is associated with National Geographic, each item helps villages, artisans and communities that depends in their trade to succeed. All items are fair trade.
Description of this piece:
"Shaped of jade, prized by the Maya, these sleek earrings evoke the goal hoops in the pre-Hispanic ball game. Pablo Castellanos suspends the gems from sterling silver hooks. .925 Sterling silver".
From the Cambridge Journal:
"The Classic Maya esteemed jadeite not only for its preciousness and beauty but also as stone of great symbolic import. This paper examines the religious significance of jade and certain types of jade artifacts among the Classic Maya. In this study, I note that the Classic Maya ascribed a number of meanings to jade, including maize, centrality, and rulership, as well as a material embodiment of wind and the vitalizing breath soul."
About the Artist:
"Jade was a sacred stone for the Maya. This is why I use it in my designs. I also work with techniques that were used 50 years ago, without the use of machines."
"I've cultivated my artisan dreams since I was a boy. My first piece of traditional silverwork was a Maya design bracelet with quetzal birds, crafted when I was 11. I am a proud father, with well-founded principles and values, always seeking justice, positive thought and hard work to attain everything you could want.
"I am a Guatemalan man. The youngest of four children, I was born January 25, 1980 and my grandparents started the first jewelry factory in our town. They crafted both modern and traditional jewelry.
"When my father died, we went to live with my grandparents. In 2000, my mother migrated to the United States and it was a tough moment. I was forced to be alone. But it was also an opportunity to grow and to dream about my own jewelry designs and my future. I obtained a counter for displaying silverwork and I began selling my jewelry. I started from nothing, working the silver with my own hands under guidance of my grandmother, who involved me in her workshop until I was able to design, craft and sell pieces of my own.
"Silver art was the best possible inheritance. Today I dream of opening shops in different places and being able to leave my daughter an art that has been in our family for several generations.
"I use gold, silver and copper in my work, and what I like best is when shoppers admire and appreciate my designs. I struggle every day to be the best, even though it can be difficult. Thank God I have the support of my wife and her designs. I'm in charge of the workshop and crafting process.
"Jade was a sacred stone for the Maya. This is why I use it in my designs; it helps my work be fully identified with the history, customs and traditions of my country. I also work with techniques that were used 50 years ago, without the use of machines.
"I am very grateful to show my work here, taking a little bit of everything that Guatemala is beyond our borders, and being able to live from the work I enjoy – silver crafts."
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