I love the colorful necklaces of jewelry designer Batja of Gorgona Studio. It was fascinating to discover the story behind her Krewe de Tchéque designs in a recent conversation. Batja uses vintage Mardi Gras glass bead strands, which she restrings into her own designs rooted in the traditions of South Eastern Europe. Mardi Gras rosaries were originally made of glass beads, imported from Czechoslovakia (former Bohemia, present Czech Republic), the leading world-wide glass manufacturer since Roman times. In the 1960s plastic displaced glass as the material of choice and eventually vintage Carnival necklaces become available to connoisseurson flea markets. Batja’s cosmopolitan necklaces are presently in New York and can be found in the Creator’s Co-op shop (26-16 23rd Ave., Astoria, Queens).
I love the colorful necklaces of jewelry designer Batja of Gorgona Studio. It was fascinating to discover the story behind her Krewe de Tchéque designs in a recent conversation. Batja uses vintage Mardi Gras glass bead strands, which she restrings into her own designs rooted in the traditions of South Eastern Europe. Mardi Gras rosaries were originally made of glass beads, imported from Czechoslovakia (former Bohemia, present Czech Republic), the leading world-wide glass manufacturer since Roman times. In the 1960s plastic displaced glass as the material of choice and eventually vintage Carnival necklaces become available to connoisseurson flea markets. Batja’s cosmopolitan necklaces are presently in New York and can be found in the Creator’s Co-op shop (26-16 23rd Ave., Astoria, Queens).
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