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  • a great gift for Christmas

    light weight, shell and silver just great shades of blue. Bought at the Garden City store in Cranston RI.

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SKU: 7913290

SKU# 7913290

Richly shaded in blue, these delicate, wafer-thin earrings are made from capiz, the thin, naturally off-white colored shell of clams. First artisans wash the shells with soap and water. Next, they soak the shells in a weak acid solution. After the shells have dried, they are cut into shapes, dyed and edged with silver metal wire. A finishing coat of varnish completes this labor-intensive process. Before glass windows became available in the Philippines, capiz was used for windows in houses.
  • Capiz clam shell, metal
  • 1.5D inches
  • Made in Philippines

UPC Code: 732919433166

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Saffy Handicrafts

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Artisan Group: Saffy Handicrafts
Country: Philippines

Saffy Handicrafts is the business export arm of SAFRUDI, the Social Action Foundation for Rural and Urban Development, a social services organization in the Philippines. SAFRUDI markets products for many small artisan workshops, and runs its own production unit specializing in capiz shell items.

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