Firefly Necklace - Mini Tango bead

Firefly Necklace - Mini Tango beadThis amazing necklace is handmade from hand painted fair trade ceramic beads. The clay used to make these beads is responsibly mined from the foot of Africa's second tallest mountain Mt. Kenya. The beads are handmade by our maker mums who roll and shape the clay by hand. Some of the women have been at this art for more than 50 years. The raw bead is sun dried for a day before its fired in a kiln (bisque firing) at 900 degrees to harden it. After this,

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they fire them in a kiln at 1200 degree Celsius after which they hand paint them into the desired patterns using specialist ceramic glazes

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The beads are handmade by our maker mums who roll and shape the clay by hand

This Giraffe sculpture is handmade from ceramic clay then hand painted and fired in a kiln

This amazing necklace is handmade from hand painted fair trade ceramic beads

The Maasai community

This beaded belt is hand made in Kenya for KOBE TOUGH employing centuries old beading tradition of the Maasai community

This Elephant sculpture is handmade from ceramic clay then hand painted and fired in a kiln

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The majestic Elephant is part of the big wildlife animals of which Kenya is very well known for