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About this item: Thai designer Chuleekorn finds inspiration in classic Thai jewelry to create earrings of fashionable elegance. She crochets the earrings with khaki and orange waxed polyester threads, adding shimmering beads of carnelian and dyed orange quartz with brass details. .925 Sterling silver hooks. Earrings measure 2.0" by 1.4".

About our Artist: Growing up in Bangkok, I always played boy-games with my brothers. Not having any sisters to play with, I learned instead to assemble robots and airplanes. To this day we have dozens of aircraft collections which made ourselves. Another activity I enjoyed doing was going with my mom to buy fabric to be tailored into clothes at Bang Lam Phoo Town. Back then there weren't many ready-made clothes like there are now, and Bang Lam Phoo was the commercial town for most fabric shops. We usually went there every week, but the shops I was more interested in were bead and craft equipment shops, where I would admire the colorful beads while mom selected her textiles. Mom would allow me to buy just a few beads and I remember that I didn't do anything with those beads, just keep them where I could admire their exotic beauty. I was born into a warm and loving family, and my parents' main concern was that we'd grow to become good people and not get into trouble. Though they didn't pressure us with our studies, I finished high school with good grades and they supported me when I had the opportunity to study Graphic Design in Australia. During my free time, I would assemble aircrafts to help me feel less homesick. I also enjoyed crafting art jewelry. I saw one of my friends wearing an original...