Handmade micro macramé jewellery and shimmering insects

Yen has been a creative soul since high school, but the moment when she turned her craftsmanship into a full time work was, when it dawned on her in the last year of university, she is just not cut out for office work - but the office is where she might end up if she doesn't act fast.
So she combined her innate interest in minerals, insects and handicrafts to send her spirit on a creative journey. A leap of faith if you like, that took place by the end of 2018.

The heart of Yen's creations is micro macramé - a technique to make jewellery from string and hundreds, if not thousands of tiny, little knots. Embedded in this intricate knotwork lie semi-precious stones: rose quartz, labradorite, lapis lazuli, picture jasper and you name them.

This is another speciality of Yen: She really knows her stones, from the scientific point of view as well as the spiritual.

All her products are made by her own hands, from prototyping, the actual creation of the item until package design.

Personally, I like micro macramé jewellery, but what really strikes a chord with me are her beadwork/bead embroidered bugs, moths and spiders. The shiny colours really bring these insect brooches to life like no other.
I hope our insect lovers find this article and the beaded insects in our shop, because they deserve to be seen and recognized.

So, whether you are interested in Yen's micro macramé jewellery or bead-embroidered moths and spiders, feel free to visit us this spring/summer at Avanova/RealiTea, Schallmooser Hauptstraße 21, Salzburg!

Here you can see in images, how a beautiful micro macramé collier comes into existence:

In our series of articles "From Hand to Heart" we would like to introduce not only ourselves with our little tea house and concept store in Salzburg, but also our partners in Vietnam, Italy and Austria. Because we believe that hand- and heartmade products are worth to be seen and recognized for their quality, value and sustainability.

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