My very Arthritic hands produce beautiful jewelry using Kazuri beads. Situated on what was once part of Karen voin Blixen's coffee plantation (Out of Africia), is a small workshop where Kenyan women make ceramic beads It is painstaking work. The clay is brought down from the Kenyan mountains, then the beads are carefully handshaped, polished, fired, painted and fired again. The result is KAZURI, the Swahili word for small and beautiful. Started in 1975 by 2 women as a cottage industry, Kazuri now employees many women who might not otherwise have jobs. As word of the beauty and uniqueness of these beads spreads and sales increase, more women will be employed Enjoy your jewelry made with genuine Kazuri beads and know that you have contributed to making a difference for these women.
