A woman wearing a royal blue off-the-shoulder dress and a matching blue beaded necklace, standing outdoors in front of a white wall with a blue door and bright pink bougainvillea flowers.
A beaded necklace featuring round blue and white patterned beads, a gold-tone clasp, and a dangling red beaded tassel, shown against a solid black background.
A beaded necklace or mala-style strand with white round beads decorated in blue floral patterns, a gold clasp at the top, and a red tassel hanging from the bottom center, shown against a solid black background.

The Lost wax Collection | Blue Coral Necklace (limited edition of 7)

The Lost wax Collection | Blue Coral Necklace (limited edition of 7)

A limited-edition necklace created in Ghana, bringing together materials from different moments and traditions. Vintage coral-coloured glass beads, discovered in a market in Accra, are paired with blue-and-white beads crafted by local artisans from recycled glass.

The striking contrast of vivid coral, deep cobalt and soft white gives the necklace a graphic, almost painterly character. Each hand-crafted bead carries subtle variations, giving this piece of jewellery its entirely individual character.

A handmade clasp in recycled brass completes the piece, adding a warm, tactile detail. The result is a distinctive contemporary necklace that brings together vintage materials and rare craftsmanship to create a unique style

Slight variations in shape, colour and finish make each necklace unique.

Size:
48cm end-to-end

Materials:
Vintage and recycled glass with a recycled brass finding


€195,00
€195,00
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A woman wearing a royal blue off-the-shoulder dress and a matching blue beaded necklace, standing outdoors in front of a white wall with a blue door and bright pink bougainvillea flowers.
The Lost wax Collection | Blue Coral Necklace (limited edition of 7)
€195,00
€195,00
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Who made it?

The artisans behind your product

A dense, colorful display of coiled beaded bracelets or necklaces made of small round beads, arranged in overlapping bundles of blue, purple, yellow, green, pink, brown, black, and white.

Our partner

Out of fascination for the west African beading tradition, we started working with two artisan groups in Accra and Kumasi during a field trip in 2024. One is based in the outskirts of Ghana's capital and recycles glass bottles to a myriad of colourful shapes of beads.

A man in a blue traditional outfit sits on the floor of a bead stall, working with a large blue bag filled with colorful beaded necklaces. The background wall is covered with rows of hanging multicolored beads.

Modernity & Heritage

All across Ghana, textile and beading vintage pieces can be discovered, showing the extraordinary craftsmanship of West African artisans, some reminiscent of the early trade connections to Europe, such as beads from Venetian or Bohemian glassmakers, wax fabric from Indonesia over the Netherlands to be reinvented West Africa. These red vintage beads have become part of our collection, as a limited series.

A man wearing a purple tank top sits cross-legged at a wooden table, crafting small orange beads with his hands. The table is covered with yellow cords, blue and purple beads, and other jewelry-making materials.

Lost Wax casting

In the former capital of the Ashanti kingdom, known for its refined and unique goldsmiths, we have collaborated with two brass artisans who still master the craft of lost wax casting: every piece is formed in wax and later casted with recycled brass. The mould only works once, which is why every single piece is one-of-a kind.

A collection of small brass turtle figurines and decorative hardware pieces arranged on a weathered wooden board, with a blue bowl of coins or disc-like pieces at the top and a patterned yellow-and-white fabric at the bottom left.

Unique skills

The incredible skills of this artisans collective, operating from the brass village at the outskirts of Kumasi is humbling. Every single element was formed by hand, then covered with clay, dried, recovered and then burnt. The void gets filled with liquid brass which then cools down and gets cracked open. The mould breaks and the final piece appears to get polished to be mounted on your necklace.