This handmade creation is offered in partnership with NOVICA, in association with National Geographic.
Thai artisan Tiraphan Hasub creates a bold blossom from enhanced jasper beads in assorted colors. The beads grace the pendant of a hand-crocheted dark brown cord necklace that buttons with a single green jasper bead.
Product Features:
- Weight: 0.1 lbs
- Pendant Dimensions: 50 mm wide x 50 mm long
- Necklace Dimensions: 10 mm wide x 17.8 inches long
- Country: Thailand
- Style: Pendant
- Gemstone colors: Pink, green, blue
- Gemstone shapes: Bead
- Seven hand-knotted bead-cut jaspers each measures 8 mm
- 10 hand-knotted bead-cut jaspers each measures 12 mm
- Two hand-knotted bead-cut jaspers each measures 10 mm
- Materials: Waxed polyester cord
- Clasp: Button
- Made in Thailand.
Story Behind the Art:
I believe many women think like me, and that's what inspired me to create jewelry that is original.
Sawasdee kha! My name is Tiraphan Hasub, but everyone calls me by my nickname, Yo, which I got from my parents when I was a child. Yo means a kid who cries a lot, and that's exactly what I used to do then. I was very sensitive to everything, and thus cried a lot.
I met my husband at university in Bangkok. I worked there for three years after graduating, and then got married. We moved back to Chiang Mai, where he is originally from, and he taught me the art of handcrafts. We now have a workshop and a daughter. People keep telling me that I am a good mother because I manage to combine motherhood and work, and that makes me happy.
It hasn't always been easy though. It was a great challenge for me to start married life and a different type of work in a place that was foreign to me. It makes me proud to see what I have achieved now. The other challenge I conquered is bungee jumping!
You could say I'm a fashionista, always trying to look good by wearing nice dresses and jewelry. I believe many women think like me, and that's what inspired me to create jewelry that is original. My designs tend to be more traditional Thai than modern, so I'm thankful to Novica for showing my collections to the world.
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