Full turquoise ceramic and crochet bead necklace laid flat with silver-tone clasp, shown on a sand background

Turquoise Painted Ceramic and Crochet Bead Necklace

Name: Turquoise Painted Ceramic and Crochet Bead Necklace
Brand: Zavaire
SKU: NI-N829
Price: 48.00 USD
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Turquoise beads with small yellow tulip motifs alternate with soft powder-blue spheres, mixing rounds, tubes and textured surfaces into a varied rhythm across the strand.

Material: Hand-painted ceramic and crochet-covered wood, base metal (clasp only)
Color: Turquoise, yellow and powder blue
Length: 25 in
Closure: Hook-and-eye
Origin: India

The painted beads read smooth and glossy against the matte give of the crocheted ones, and a larger floral bead sits at the center as an anchor. At 25 inches, the strand drapes just below the collarbone — enough length to sit clearly over a plain linen shirt or a solid crew neck.

Details

Hand-painted floral motifs
Alternating ceramic and crochet-wrapped beads
Mixed bead shapes and sizes
Hook-and-eye clasp

Each bead is hand-painted and hand-crocheted, so pattern placement, color and bead texture shift slightly from one strand to the next.

The Story

The painted beads are shaped, fired, then decorated by hand with a fine brush before a final glaze firing sets the color. The tulip-and-vine motif — yellow flowers against a turquoise-blue ground — belongs to a decorative vocabulary shared between Indian and Persian painted pottery.

The crochet-covered beads are a separate craft: cotton thread worked stitch by stitch over a wooden core until the surface is fully wrapped. The result is a soft, fibrous ball that reads as the visual and tactile opposite of the glazed ceramic.

Combining the two on one strand is a common approach in Indian bead jewelry, where artisans often move across materials rather than specialize in just one. The contrast — smooth glaze against soft yarn — is the point.

Craft & Care