Imagine a land, not very far away. The sky is painted a reddish orange as the sun sets. There are tents pitched at a grassland marketplace, around which a crowd gathers. Laughter bubbles up in the air as beautiful gypsies trade beads, baubles and interesting stories with one another. Fires are lit as the camp prepares for the night, children run around playing around the musical tableau set by some old wise men. As the music strums through, these bewitching Romani gypsies wearing beads, cords and hand forged metal dance, twirling their underskirts, completely enchanting the crowd.
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| Photos from Svenko |
 Inspired by each one of these gypsies (and their names) I present a collection of beautiful jewelry made of hand forged metal components, braided cords and beads that are bohemian, with a deep rooted ethnic flavour. I present “Romani” designed as ever to please your soul. Here are the first five pieces from Romani.
* Update: There are many comments on this post where people have talked about the “Magical power” symbolised by the Zeita necklace. To be frank, I felt it too while making it and hunted a while for the perfect name for this piece. This necklace originally started off as a contemporary piece made of cord and a hammered pendant, but it felt deeply lacking and somehow adding The eye with the yellow stone, seemed to breathe life into the piece. May be I have read too many Nora Roberts’ books or I was a mystical Gypsy in my past birth, but Zeita speaks to me. I am glad that it speaks to you too
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Mirela – Mirela means to admire. This Mixed metal bohemian necklace has been made using handmade, textured and oxidised copper and brass components stacked on top of one another and riveted. The handmade beaded cords and rustic clasp adds to its charm
 Mirosi – means to savour . Savour the delights of this mixed media beaded necklace created using handcut metal, specially made shimmering enamel resin focal, braided cord and looped beads. The gold flecks in the cab along with the crystal beads and dichroic resin drop makes this a sparkling addition to your wardrobe. The necklace is slightly asymmetrical with opening in the front. Expect a tutorial for this necklace soon, on the IceResin blog
 These were the first few pieces from Romani; More are yet to come. How do you like them and which one is your favourite? Would you wear metal and thread together in such a bohemian style?
Stay tuned to read more about them piece by piece in the upcoming posts or hop to my facebook page Sayuri to see the entire collection together
I hope you found it interesting
 Cheers
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