Layers of Understanding Scarf sum22d1_16-17 Each 1-1/2" long bead is

Each 1-1/2" long bead is handcrafted bubble inclusions and 14-karat gold leaf to catch the light

The tagua palm can live for more than a century in the rainforests of South America

where it bears fruit whose seeds harden into a material that looks and feels like elephant ivory

and a silhouette that’s comfortably wide without looking boxy

a slot pocket

Layers of Understanding Scarf sum22d1_16-17 Each 1-1/2" long bead isAward winning Irish artist Rita Oatess childhood was spent between urban Kansas City and rural Co. Leitrim, giving her a profound sensitivity to feelings of belonging, emigration, friendship, and separation, as well as a keen sense of the natural world. These themes dance throughout her work, and at the heart of it all is a powerful sense of hope. Her painting Layers of Understanding is a study in symbolism, reproduced here as an ethereal viscose