Leather bracelet, 'Balance in Brown' | 
| Brand: NOVICA
Category: Jewelry
This item is no longer available
Sales Rank: 136424
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 0.6 x 0
ASIN: B001545GU4
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| » | Handmade by Rosa Tomatis | | » | Ships from Peru within 10 days | | » | Hook clasp |
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Product Description
NOVICA, in association with National Geographic, offers thousands of limited edition and one-of-a-kind gifts, jewelry, and home decor treasures handmade by master artists and artisans throughout the world. Silver rings embrace brown leather braids, bringing a visual balance to this design. The trendy bracelet comes from Peru's Rosa Tomatis. .950 rating silver Artisan Info: Rosa Tomatis was born in Lima on August 7, 1948. She studied in a number of art workshops that were especially valuable for the function of design. Her artistic formation was achieved in the Universidad Catolica, while her paintings are inclined toward the surreal and playful abstraction. "When I was very young, my family saw my natural instinct for drawing, so they found an art teacher for me. Thus I followed this path, and I found it more and more beautiful," Tomatis says. "When I was a little girl, I loved to hear stories. But I always asked that they be in color. When they had a sad ending, I'd insist it be changed to a happy one. That was many years ago. But when I hear a sad tale, I still want to change it to have a happy ending. "I'm a painter but as a girl I learned all about leather, as my father worked with tanners. My brother Rodolfo Tomatis is also a Novica featured artisan [with leather handbags]. I design and work with leather, and I also craft jewelry. With both, I select the very best materials. I love to mix natural elements with silver. Sometimes I give it a rustic finish; other times I like
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