Double-Strand Woven Bead Necklace, Sea Blues

• Double-strand design
• Adjustable faux leather cord closure
• Hand-woven striped iraca fiber beads
• Mixed bead sizes for texture and movement
• Sea-tone color palette

Each necklace is hand-woven and hand-strung, so bead striping, placement and finished length vary slightly from piece to piece.

Iraca palm fiber is worked by hand in Colombia into hats, baskets and everyday goods — fine, pliable and durable once dried and dyed. Here artisans use that same wrapping technique at a smaller scale, winding narrow strands tightly around bead cores to build the striped, textured beads on this necklace.

The smooth beads between them are acai seeds, cleaned and polished from the fruit of the acai palm. Using the seed rather than discarding it turns an agricultural byproduct into a durable material for beadwork — a practice with roots across Colombia's palm-growing regions.

Layering the two as a double strand puts natural-fiber weaving and seed beadwork into one piece, made by women artisans working under fair trade conditions.

• Technique: Hand-woven iraca palm fiber beadwork

Wipe clean with a soft, dry cloth. Store flat, away from moisture, perfume and direct sunlight — the natural fiber and cord respond to all three.