- Strands graduated Baoule sun style beads, lost wax cast beads from Ivory Coast
- One 23-inch strand with 24 beads
- Bead sizes range from 24 to 30mm long
- This strand is priced lower than usual because the beads are a bit funkier than usual with small flaws, but all are totally functional.
- In addition to low price they have the advantage of offering a mix of sizes
- Each of these beads is first made in wax. The wax is covered by clay, the clay is heated and the wax runs out through openings left for that purpose. Molten recycled metal is poured in. After cooling, the clay mold is broken open and each unique bead is removed and cleaned.
- In this long, delicate and laborious process it's inevitable that some beads are not perfect, but many of us find them a lot more interesting that identical machine cast beads.
- Only one available