Africa is often seen as the home of precious gemstones and metals, with the world’s leading jewelry houses sourcing a steady stream of diamonds, gold and other minerals from the continent. But Africa ...
Shaping copper wires into intricate designs requires skill and creativity. Artisans often use simple tools like pliers and ...
PARIS — Wearable Treasures: Jewelry and Ornaments of the Maghreb is a pointed consideration of the psychic powers interlaced throughout North African women’s jewelry. The variety of forms and designs ...
Get ready to be dazzled, because high fashion with a traditional African flair has landed in the neighborhood of Crown Heights. Burkindy, a 45-year-old jewelry designer originally from Burkina Faso, ...
“There’s a famous line that my grandmother liked. She said, ‘There’s no such thing as a society… find the people you want to be around and create your own.’” For South African designer Katherine-Mary ...
It all started with a jewelry collection that Nzinga Blake’s mother was going through, an heirloom from her grandmother, with beautiful necklaces and earrings in the shape of the famed continent, the ...
Catherine Sarr eloquently combines her African roots with her elegant sense of style and fashion. A former curator of one-of-a-kind jewelry collections with the De Beers group, Sarr has successfully ...
It's not every day that a vacation souvenir changes a life, much less the lives of a community half a world away. But that's exactly what happened when San Francisco attorney Ann Elston's husband, ...
Meet Penny Clarke, founder of Millie’s International Creations, an online fashion boutique that sells high-end, handcrafted African-themed jewelry, handbags, and home fashion. She started the company ...