dressy bracelets

Traditional Colombian vueltiao hats are certainly eye-catchers and now you can wear them on your wrist. The Zenú Community of the Colombian Andes creates this innovative way to use traditional cane fiber and motifs found on the hats, wrapping it around a set of three rigid cuff bracelets.

The Zenu Community of the Colombian Andes creates this fashionable set of 3 bangle bracelets using local cane fiber. Each bracelet is handwoven with traditional Colombian vueltiao motifs typically found on the hats worn in the community. Each bracelet is open at the end to allow for easy wearing.

You can now wear the traditional Colombian vueltiao hat weaving on your wrist. The Zenu Community of the northern Colombian Andes presents this innovative way to use traditional cane fiber and motifs found on the hats, wrapping it around a set of 3 cuff bracelets in chestnut brown and off white.

You can now wear the traditional Colombian vueltiao hat weaving on your wrist. The Zenu Community of the northern Colombian Andes presents this innovative way to use traditional cane fiber and motifs found on the hats. The weave it around a set of three cuff bracelets in blue accented by motifs in other colors.

With skills that have been handed down from generation to generation, artisans of the Zenu Community in Colombia craft this pretty cuff bracelet. Working on a plastic base, they cover the bracelet with handwoven caña flecha fiber in red, bright green and white and trim the ends with red fabric. Caña flecha is a neotropical grass native to Colombia and Mexico. The bold diamond patterns make the cuff a striking accessory to wear anytime.

Balinese artisans find inspiration in Buddhist spiritual traditions for the design of this unique karma set from the Pertiwi Collection. It includes a bracelet crafted with natural rubber and light and dark glass beads. For every good deed done in a day, slide a lighter bead to the center. For any bad deed, slide a darker one. At the end of the day count of which color there are more, and keep a record of it in the karma journal. It is crafted by hand with rice paper and decorated with cinnamon stick on the lontar leaves covers.

The karma counter is a millenary method developed in Tibet, to remind one to stop and think about the ramifications of any action one is about to do in a genuine consideration of other's need and happiness. It is believed that as the ratio of white pebbles grows for having done well to others, so will good karma return to one.