This handmade creation is offered in partnership with NOVICA, The Impact marketplace. Green agate dewdrops bathe sinewy branches in earrings of extraordinary elegance. By Komang Wirawan in Bali, the enhanced gems are welcomed by sterling silver in earrings handcrafted with oxidized details.
Product Features:
- Dimensions: 15 mm wide x 56 mm long x 5 mm deep
- 7 grams
- Style: Dangle
- Gemstone colors: Green
- Gemstone shapes: Oval
- Two bezel-set oval-cut agates each measure 7 mm wide x 5 mm long
- Metal: Sterling silver
- Finish: Combination
- Clasp: Hook
- Made in Indonesia
Story Behind the Art:
Life is tough, but I'm tougher. Having children has raised my spirit in life. I have developed a more mature thinking and attitude, and a new motivation because I don't want my children to suffer poverty like I did. They deserve to have a better life and live it with happiness.
I was born to a farmer family in 1973 in a region famous for its traditional art market. Unfortunately, my father passed away and, as a son, our customs dictate I must replace my father's responsibilities with my family, as well as in social traditions and ceremonies in the community. As such, my sisters came to live with me, my wife, daughter and son until they got married.
My childhood was not really happy like other people's. My parents sometimes faced crop failures that made life seem like an endless struggle. I had to work hard as a wood carver to pay my school fees right from the first year of elementary school. Growing up in Bali, I saw people carving wood every day as well as crafting silver jewelry, so I had no difficulties when I started to work as wood carver.
But all the money I earned was only enough to pay the school fee, so I went to school with no money in my pocket though I had to walk around three kilometers to school. When crops failed, we only had very limited amounts of rice to eat. Once I felt so hungry at school that I fell unconscious.