Arte Sania offers an ongoing collection throughout the year, adding exclusive and new designs every week. We only make a few pieces of each item to insure our customers remain unique. Each piece is individually hand made. Upon request, I will work with you for an exclusive design.
Since each stone/shell is uniquely picked they vary in color, shape and size, so the designs will also vary. Many pieces are limited production or one of a kind, in rare instances the same item may be purchased by two different customers. However we will accommodate your order in the best way possible to get the design pieces you desire.
Custom orders take 4-6 weeks to create, and we do require a 50% deposit. Custom orders are not returnable or exchangeable.
Spondylus Shells
These shells thrive in the warmer waters off the South American coast of Ecuador and Northern Peru and off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. Residing in waters as deep as 50-60 meters, and can be found in beautiful red, orange and purple tones. Shell color will vary due to the changing temperatures in ocean waters. These shells were used by the ancient Incas in jewelry and as money in other pre-Columbian cultures.
Tagua
Tagua, pronounced “tah-gwa”, and often referred to as vegetable ivory, or The Rain Forest Ivory. A Tagua nut is the fruit of a palm tree, which flourishes in tropical rain forests such as Colombia, Ecuador and Panama. Tagua nuts are considered an ecologically safe, supportive and friendly product. Tagua products are experiencing a comeback due to the efforts to protect endangered species such as whales and elephants, which are the traditional source for ivory. In one year, a Tagua palm produces the same amount of “ivory” as a female elephant. The harvest of Tagua is a wonderful way to protect endangered rainforest lands giving people a sustainable, renewable, natural resource that provides economic stability and an alternative to rainforest destruction. Please allow natural inperfections in our handmade pieces since Tagua is a natural seed and each piece is unique and different from each other,please keep in mind that colors will vary slightly from monitor to monitor.
Horse hair
Hand woven horse hair designs in natural colors and also dyed wit natural inks to create different hues.
Red Huayruros seeds
These red seeds come from a Huayruro tree that grows in the Amazon and can measure more than 40 meters of height. These seeds of huayruro are of colors red and black (considering huayruro female to the seed of male red color and huayruro to the seed of red and black color) The Huayruro has been considered from the time of the Incas like a seed of the good luck and wealth. It is recommended to always carry a seed of huayruro to attract good luck and to avoid the negative energies
Paja Toquilla
The fine fibers from a palm tree. The toquilla leaves can actually be divided lengthwise very thinly, again and again, to the point of being hair-like. The ancient indigenous people spun thread and wove linen-like cloth from these nearly microscopic fibers.
Beach Shells
A collection of hand picked shells in various colors, shapes and textures. These rar shells have then been delicately designed into fabulous jewelry pieces.
Stones
Hand picked beach and river stones that are then hand crafted into beautiful jewelry pieces.
