Asav “Leaf”

Description

Hand-Crafted in Taiwan

Handmade emerald on Japanese Meiji coin with silver leaf, and jade beads dangled earrings. “Asav” means Leaf in Payuan, one of the Formosan languages spoken by the Paiwan Indigenous people from the island of Taiwan.

Eastern Taiwan was known for the source of jade stone since three thousands years ago, around prehistoric 2000 BCE. Over time, aboriginals from Taiwan started traveling by sea and establish jade trading with nearby islands like the Philippines.

ARTIST

Known as “Ljavaus Handmade”, the artist took her ethnic indigenous surname as part of her brand name. With every individual comes a different perspective of beauty. Lajavaus’s brand represents “hope”, an unspoken message that aims to “inspire everyone to have the courage to try experience the different beautiful things in the world, and through this brave act of exploring the perspectives of beauty, one may hopefully discover one’s own confidence in the process”.

Ljavaus’s diverse creations include earrings, purses, bags, guitar bands, and hairpieces. She often applies the color, green, yellow, orange, and dangling silver pieces like chains and bells in her work to represent the colorful but rustic style common in the Paiwan tribe’s traditional cultural costumes. Ljavaus represents the indigenous Paiwan tribe living in Pingtung, southeast of Taiwan.

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MATERIALS

Silver ten yen Meiji coin / orange, yellow, green ceramic beads / faux emerald gemstone / shell block / jade beads / 925 silver ear hook

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