Teal-blue fluted glass from Java, Indonesia, is paired with intricate Ghanaian brass beads made using the ancient lost-wax casting technique and handmade Ethiopian brass. Lost-wax casting has been practiced by skilled West African metalworkers for centuries, creating individual forms from molds that are destroyed in the process. Lost Hemispheres brings together glass and metalwork from across Africa and Southeast Asia—different places, different traditions, connected by the hands that make them.
Made with the same fabulously over-engineered stringing wire as my wraps and the same wonderful, US made magnetic clasp for stress-free dressing. All beads handmade.