{"id":405811,"date":"2023-02-10T14:19:15","date_gmt":"2023-02-10T19:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/?p=405811"},"modified":"2023-02-10T18:38:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T23:38:15","slug":"botanique-studios-necklace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/botanique-studios-necklace\/","title":{"rendered":"Style Meets Sustainability in This Necklace Crafted by Women Preserving an Afro-Caribbean Art Form"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/jewelry\/necklaces\/pendant-necklaces\/best-both-worlds-necklace-heritageware\/id-j_18383502\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"704\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/F29A2639-1-1-950x704.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-405986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/F29A2639-1-1-950x704.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/F29A2639-1-1-473x350.jpg 473w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/F29A2639-1-1-120x89.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/F29A2639-1-1-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/F29A2639-1-1-1536x1137.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/F29A2639-1-1-2048x1517.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/F29A2639-1-1-1260x933.jpg 1260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/more-from-seller\/jewelry\/?sellerPk=j_30852\">Botaniqu\u00e9 Studios<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/jewelry\/necklaces\/pendant-necklaces\/best-both-worlds-necklace-heritageware\/id-j_18383502\/\">Best of Both Worlds necklace<\/a>. Photo by Thomas Barzilay Freund<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>When you grow up in a place and are steeped in its culture, sometimes you need to get some distance to realize just how special the local traditions are. That was the case for Anne Jonas, a native of the Caribbean island nation of Antigua and Barbuda, when it came to tamarind-seed and jumby-bead handiwork. Her recognition of the craft&#8217;s significance inspired her to help create <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/more-from-seller\/jewelry\/?sellerPk=j_30852\">Botaniqu\u00e9 Studios<\/a>, an organization dedicated to the production of seed-work items as a means of preserving the practice, educating the next generation of artisans and uplifting women. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTo be honest, I had seen the artwork but never understood the history of it,\u201d Jonas says of the creations, which often take the form of jewelry and household items. This changed when she traveled to Venice for the 2017 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.labiennale.org\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Biennale<\/a> and was introduced to Marisa Convento, a jewelry maker and noted authority on antique Murano glass seed beads. Convento, who spoke with Jonas about the long-standing seed-work connections among Venice, Africa and the Caribbean, was in dialogue at the time with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unesco.org\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UNESCO<\/a>, which ultimately recognized glass bead work as part of Venice&#8217;s intangible cultural heritage. If valued in Italy, Jonas thought, then why not in Antigua and Barbuda, too?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"865\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/F29A2760_master-950x865.jpg\" alt=\"Botanique Studios necklace\n\" class=\"wp-image-405982\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/F29A2760_master-950x865.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/F29A2760_master-384x350.jpg 384w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/F29A2760_master-120x109.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/F29A2760_master-768x699.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/F29A2760_master-1025x933.jpg 1025w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/F29A2760_master.jpg 1318w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A detail of the Best of Both Worlds necklace. Photo by Thomas Barzilay Freund<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Seed work has been part of Caribbean culture for centuries, practiced by enslaved African women who said prayers for strength and resilience while crafting the items, thus imbuing them with talismanic value. But with only five master seed workers left on Antigua, and little interest among young people, this link with the people&#8217;s African ancestors was at risk of being lost, along with a skill that could economically empower women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With newfound appreciation and enthusiasm, Jonas carved time out of her busy schedule (a longtime public servant, she currently works as private secretary to the governor general of Antigua and Barbuda), and the concept for Botaniqu\u00e9 Studios was born. She and her fellow cofounders were able to obtain funding to hold seed-work training sessions. These became especially popular during the pandemic, when Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s tourism-based economy was devastated and residents \u2014 especially women \u2014 saw their incomes plummet. With full scholarships available, seed work offered candidates a new opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/story_comp-950x679.jpg\" alt=\"Botaniqu\u00e9 Studios coin purse, earrings and bracelet\" class=\"wp-image-406027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/story_comp-950x679.jpg 950w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/story_comp-490x350.jpg 490w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/story_comp-120x86.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/story_comp-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/story_comp-1306x933.jpg 1306w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/story_comp.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Other works by Botaniqu\u00e9 Studios include, clockwise from left, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/jewelry\/objets-dart-vertu\/vanity-items\/pepperpot-coin-purse-handmade-wild-tamarind-seedwork\/id-j_17640462\/\">Pepperpot coin purse<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/jewelry\/earrings\/hoop-earrings\/carib-earring-authentic-wild-tamarind-jumbie-bead-seed-ware\/id-j_17636712\/\">Carib earrings<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/jewelry\/bracelets\/beaded-bracelets\/scole-bracelet-seedwork-handicraft\/id-j_17626982\/\">Scole bracelet<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Designed to honor the Caribbean and African roots of seed work \u2014 hence the name \u2014 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/jewelry\/necklaces\/pendant-necklaces\/best-both-worlds-necklace-heritageware\/id-j_18383502\/\">Best of Both Worlds necklace<\/a> (a 1stDibs exclusive) combines Antiguan tamarind seeds and jumby beads with African glass beads, one at the neck and another encircled by seeds. Other notable Botaniqu\u00e9 pieces include the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/jewelry\/objets-dart-vertu\/vanity-items\/pepperpot-coin-purse-handmade-wild-tamarind-seedwork\/id-j_17640462\/\">Pepperpot coin purse<\/a>, named for Antigua and Barbuda&#8217;s national dish, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/jewelry\/objets-dart-vertu\/vanity-items\/esther-belt-authentic-wild-tamarind-seed-bracelet\/id-j_17640862\/\">Esther belt<\/a>, composed of black-dyed tamarind seeds and named after master seed worker Esther Edwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to preserving an important link to the past and helping women support themselves and their families, seed work is also a sustainable art form, as tamarind is an invasive species in Antigua and Barbuda. (In other words, residents aren&#8217;t upset when you cut off tamarind tree limbs and thin out the growth.) It might seem revolutionary to create beautiful, meaningful objects out of a material that was perceived to be of little value, but it&#8217;s something the women of Antigua and Barbuda have been doing for centuries. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"interstitial-banner interstitial-banner-collection interstitial-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"interstitial-content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"interstitial-background-image\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"166\" src=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/j_17641312_1668635262085_bg_processed-copy-1000x166.jpg\" class=\"attachment-interstitial size-interstitial\" alt=\"Botanique Studios\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/j_17641312_1668635262085_bg_processed-copy-1000x166.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/blogs\/the-study\/wp-content\/uploads\/j_17641312_1668635262085_bg_processed-copy-120x19.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container interstitial-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"interstitial-link-around-text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/more-from-seller\/jewelry\/?sellerPk=j_30852\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"interstitial-heading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tShop Botaniqu\u00e9 Studios \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"interstitial-subheading\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"gold-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.1stdibs.com\/more-from-seller\/jewelry\/?sellerPk=j_30852\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span>View All<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you grow up in a place and are steeped in its culture, sometimes you need to get some distance to realize just how special the local traditions are. 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