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April 8, 2008

Turquoise and Amber Drop earrings - Artisans in San Cristobal, Chiapas. Mach 08.

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Posted by Happy Hobo @ 4:57 pm

San Cristobal is also known for its Amber, and there are a group of Artisans that work here producing some pretty fabulous jewlerry .. based around this material.

Raw Amber  Here it Amber in its raw state

I worked with 2 Artisans in San Cristobal to bring a starter range of earrings to you. See what you think.  

1) Albero

Albero  pretty chilled kinda dude .. likes to play the recorder and wear Bob Marley hats. Great Atrisania … I really liked his style.

Albero hard at work making our earrings ….

Albero  img_8073.jpg     

finished products …

img_8458.JPG  Amber and Turquoise drop

 img_8469.JPG   Amber and Amethyst

2) Marta

Marta  packaging up the finished order

 img_8062.jpg  the finshed product, amber and turquoise … LUSH!

Here are some models from the local cafe Paticia and Maria.

Patricia y Maria   Patricia Y Maria  the troublesome duo … my breakfast friends in San Cristobal.

Patricia  Patricia (Patti 26)   Maria  Maria (27) 

They would like would my male readers to know that they are currently single … and I would like you to know that they make up a really good eggs and bacon breaki … so if you are ever in San Cristobal, Chiapas .. please consider popping into Cafeteria Del Centro on Real de Guadalupe. Say ‘hi’ from me.

Hobo out x