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NOVICA Jade Dangle Earrings with .925 Sterling Silver Hooks, Maya Memory'
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About NOVICA Jade Dangle Earrings With .925 Sterling
NOVICA, in association with National Geographic, works together with talented artisan designers around the world to produce stunning, keepsake treasures. Our mantra is to spread global happiness, so rest assured - we'll do everything we possibly can to ensure you're a happy customer. About this item: 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 hooks. Jade has been bleached. The earrings measure 1.5" by 0.8".About our Artist: 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...
