business bracelets

Gift these cute macrame bracelets to friends and loved ones to celebrate summer with colour. Each bracelet comes in an attractive pastel hue including pink, purple, yellow, orange and aqua green. Guatemalan artisan Carmina Giron, who specializes in beaded macrame jewellery, braids these bracelets using the macrame technique, known as the "art of knots", composing the design of each bracelet from a series of knots. Growing up in a difficult economic situation, her small but growing handicraft business gives Carmina hope of someday owning a home.

Working with supple leather, Rebeca Zamora crafts a boldly modern bracelet. The Costa Rican artisan collects leftover scraps from businesses that work in fine leather. She dyes it a bright flame-red tone and rolls strips into cylinders that align on a sky blue cord.

Working with supple leather, Rebeca Zamora crafts a boldly modern bracelet. The Costa Rican artisan collects leftover scraps from businesses that work in fine leather. She dyes it a beautiful pale peach colour and rolls strips into cylinders that align on a rose gold tone cord.

Working with supple leather, Rebeca Zamora crafts a boldly modern bracelet. The Costa Rican artisan collects leftover scraps from businesses that work in fine leather. She dyes it a beautiful seafoam blue colour and rolls strips into cylinders that align on an orange cord.

Working with supple leather, Rebeca Zamora crafts a boldly modern bracelet. The Costa Rican artisan collects leftover scraps from businesses that work in fine leather. She dyes it a beautiful burnt sienna sepia tone and rolls strips into cylinders that align on a burgundy cord.