Product Description
Look what fluttered in! Our woven horsehair butterfly earrings are bold and colorful, but so light they float on your ears. What a beautiful pop of color!
- Made by hand in Chile
- Woven crin dangle earrings
- One earring pair
- Measures approximately 2" long including ear wires
- Image with quarter for size reference only, not color
- Surgical steel ear wires
Find our other horsehair items here.
About the artisan:
The art of weaving with crin, hair from a horse's tail, dates back for over 200 years in the rural regions of Chile. It's traditionally passed down from mother to daughter, some women having practiced the artform for more than 70 years. Every step of the process is done by hand. The hair is hand-washed, bleached, and sometimes dyed before it's ready to be woven into flowers, dolls, insects, and small baskets as well as various exquisite home goods. Even the smallest of items takes hours weave. Nancy is one of these artisans. Learning the artform from her mother, she has a strong commitment to helping others, as well as the desire to preserve this unique cultural heritage. She teaches crin weaving workshops for women around the country, including inmates at the Women's Prison of San Joaquin.
About us:
The Silk Road Fair Trade Market is a fair trade oriented business. We work directly with artisan groups in developing nations, striving to provide self sufficiency and a better future.
Made by hand is uniquely beautiful. Our products are made by humans, not mass produced on automated machines. Minor imperfections and variations are to be expected as a characteristic of the artistry. Please appreciate these individualities for what they are, a maker pouring their heart and soul into a unique and beautiful piece of work.
