Tagua Jewelries: The Most Creative Handmade Jewelries

By Author: Onno Heerma van Voss
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Jewelry Making has been one of the fastest growing industries of the world. These days there are array of modern jewelries available for women. Of these the handmade jewelry is always fascinating and attractive. Handmade jewelry is mostly made from local products. It is popular in many countries, especially in South America where people are professionally making handmade jewelry.

Some of the popular form of handmade jewelry is made from gold, silver, platinum and diamond, which are very expensive materials, hence can’t be afford by everyone. On the other hand, handmade jewelries which are made of natural materials from plants are more economical than the other jewelries. These handmade jewelries are made from variety of materials, majority of them coming from tropical regions. Some of the materials used in making hand jewelry are bamboo, horn, leather and Tagua. Among them the Tagua jewelry is very popular. Tagua comes from a palm tree – the Tagua Palm- majorly found in Ecuador and Columbia in South America. The majority of Tagua jewelry is made in a small town in Ecuador called Otavalo. Located in the Andes mountain ...
... range Otavelo is the community of native Indians and all are involved in traditional Tagua jewelry making business. This is their source of income and livelihood, but they even don’t know their handmade jewelries are sold in the international markets at a price much more than they get for jewelry making by the local traders.

These Otavians are expert in making different types of Tagua jewelry, such as earrings, bracelets, necklaces and rings. These are light weight jewelries and they match with any type of outfits. The size of the Tagua jewelry depends on the size of the Tagua nuts. Some of them are so tiny that they need to be combined in a single piece for making jewelry. The Tagua jewelry consists of some other materials also for providing complete finish to the jewelry. The other forms of popular handmade jewelry are made from guadua or bamboo. The jewelries made from guadua are larger and heavier then those made from Tagua. The guadua hand painted bracelets and necklace are very popular among jewelry lovers.

Horn is also one such natural extract used in jewelry designing. It is mainly used in making of earrings. The horn earrings are very popular among jewelry lovers. The horn is also been found in good quantity in Ecuador, but the horn jewelry is rare to see these days. Similarly the good handmade jewelry is the Cana fleche. It is basically used in making of colorful bracelets and rings. They are extracted from the cana flecha fibers. These handmade jewelries are the real and live example of extemporary art and artistic creation. It is very important to procure this art, so to help the artists related to this art in earning their livelihood, especially for the people of South America.

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