Tiny Tagua Beaded Necklace Garden A darting dragonfly alights on

A darting dragonfly alights on a lily pad made of bright fabrics framed with sterling silver

Artist Vania Ruiz creates each piece in her coastal Chile studio using lightweight resin and heavenly hints of metallic gold

including the clasp

and old age

All-over crewelwork flourished under India’s Mughal emperors

Tiny Tagua Beaded Necklace Garden A darting dragonfly alights onTagua nut jewelry is so lightweight, we've usually taken advantage of that to offer big, bold statement necklaces. Here, the all natural material takes a petite form, with trios of tagua "pebbles" spaced throughout a double strand of waxed linen cord. The tagua nut is sustainably harvested from palm trees in the rainforest of Ecuador and transformed by local artisans into eye catching accents.