African Trade Bead Necklace in Red & Orange by Christine Smalley Brooches Living in rural Sydney overlooking

Living in rural Sydney overlooking the Hawkesbury River

Jeweller Christine Smalley has created these earrings from Pauline's pieces by adding tiny blue glass beads and sterling silver hooks and spacer beads for the Breathing Colours Collection

Brass is lead and nickel free which means no ear infections

and an elephant sculpted from bone

offset by geo patterns of squares and triangles

African Trade Bead Necklace in Red & Orange by Christine Smalley Brooches Living in rural Sydney overlookingThis colourful bold tribal style necklace has been strung with vintage and modern Czech glass beads, and Bohemian trade beads that are a traditional wedding gift among the Fulani tribes people of Mali. The red and orange mixed glass beads are luminous, smooth, and with bold shades up to 100 years old and teamed with contemporary Czech glass drop beads which adds texture. Czech glass beads were traded with West Africa at the beginning of last century