Spice Trader Necklace and Earrings Set buyer faves Chilean artist Vania Ruiz uses

Chilean artist Vania Ruiz uses seaweed and seeds—embedded in resin and framed in sterling silver—to evoke the volcanic rock and submerged trees of the Dead Forest around Chile’s Hudson Volcano

Painted filigree

fish (freedom to enlighten)

Comfort comes through loud and clear in this soft

Spice Trader Necklace and Earrings Set buyer faves Chilean artist Vania Ruiz usesOval cross sections of wood show off their graining and texture in an assortment of spicy colors. Five strands of hand painted wood beads are punctuated with muted gold seed beads for a lightweight statement necklace. Coordinating earrings top it all off. Handmade in a studio in the Philippines.