Here we have a simple but very striking adjustable leather necklace highlighting a nice collection of Kenya’s fabled Kazuri ceramic clay beads featuring a very distinctive giraffe skin design. In assembling this piece, Rose has selected a series of the handmade beads sized between 14 - 26mm, graduating the selection symmetrically. Using the very versatile 2mm kangaroo leather from Australia, each bead is secured in place by a knot. Can be worn as a choker or as a loose necklace – between 72 – 86cms.
Measures: 72cms to 86cms
Description: Adjustable Leather Necklace
Material: Hand-Shaped Kazuri Clay Beads from Kenya
and Kangaroo Leather from Australia
Designed and handcrafted by: Rose Dakin
Weight: 133 grams
Please note – some of the accompanying photos may have been enlarged to show detail, while colours may vary slightly due to lighting variants.
Rose’s jewellery tells a story: For more than 20 years, Rose has been designing and handcrafting exceptional jewellery, drawing inspiration from her Canadian Indigenous heritage, her travels and the rich cultural diversity of the people she encountered along the way.
During the years Rose and her husband, Marius, owned two of Western Australia’s best-known bead shops in Broome and Margaret River, she enjoyed an almost endless source of inspiration and extraordinary materials. While Marius travelled in search of beads from around the world, Rose transformed these remarkable finds into distinctive pieces of wearable art.
Her collection and designs drew on an extraordinary variety of materials, colours and textures: unusual beads and stones from the tribal regions of Afghanistan and Nepal; exquisite beads from Europe, India and Indonesia; handmade beads from Africa; and rare, centuries-old trade beads from Venice.
Each piece Rose creates is unique - a genuine one-of-a-kind creation, reflecting her own artistic vision and the influences of her Indigenous Canadian roots, her travels and the many fascinating people she met through the couple’s shops.
Her designs bring together an exceptional array of materials, from semi-precious stones such as lapis lazuli, malachite, turquoise and amethyst to natural elements including coral, pearl shell, bone, wood and metal. Each component is carefully selected and brought together to create jewellery rich in character, colour, texture and cultural influence.
Rose’s jewellery is more than adornment – her pieces tell a story: a meeting of cultures, traditions and natural beauty, expressed through the hands of an artist whose work is as individual as the materials she uses.