jewelry with green stones

Ghana's Ila Suleyman handcrafts a necklace featuring five beaded strands threaded with grass-green recycled vinyl beads. The ends of the multi-strand section are finished with sese wood beads, agate stones, and leather strips serving as spacers. The necklace fastens with a brass hook. The name Wend Panga comes from the Mamprusi word meaning "strong will."

Ghana's Ila Suleyman handcrafts a necklace featuring five beaded strands threaded with grass-green recycled vinyl beads. The ends of the multi-strand section are finished with sese wood beads, agate stones, and leather strips serving as spacers. The necklace fastens with a brass hook. The name Wend Panga comes from the Mamprusi word meaning "strong will."

Six beaded strands are interwoven in a braid to form the focal point of this necklace presented by Ghanaian Ila Suleyman. Each strand is threaded with recycled vinyl beads in a mix of pink, blue, brown, yellow, red, orange, black and green. The ends of the braided section are finished with sese wood beads and large agate stone beads that serve as spacers. The brass hook clasp complements the colorful tones of the beads. The name Sosongo comes from the Mamprusi word meaning "good way."

Beaded clusters of recycled plastic in green alternate with cotton-wrapped plastic beads in this eco-friendly necklace from Ghana, designed by Millicent Okine. She chooses a single black bead of recycled plastic to center the necklace.

"An 'easy spirited' design to help you sail through the changing scenes of life," says Ghanaian designer Akwele Suma of this necklace. She crafts each pendant by hand, rolling paper recycled from a variety of printed materials in a palette of colors that includes grey, cream, red, orange, purple, green, blue, black, and brown. The necklace is finished with sese wood beads.

The artist uses the paper at hand so paper colors will vary, making each design a unique example of handcrafted art. These beads receive a protective coat of clear nail polish.