Lotus & Pearl Jewelry
the Oasis Belgium handmade necklaces
Designed by Nhuy, Rafaële and Katana
Oasis is selling beautiful handmade pearl necklaces to support survivors of domestic abuse.
With every necklace that is bought we will be giving a set of pearl earrings to a woman that we work with.
The idea of the project came from our amazing volunteer Nhuy. She has been volunteering with Oasis for over a year and has directly supported many women we work with. Nhuy is a hugely talented and professional jewelry maker, who spoke to two of her friends Rafaële and Katana. She studied Jewelry making with them and shared about the idea of the project. Both were excited to use their skills to support these incredible survivors.
The basic idea was to create a different piece of jewellery around a common theme:
the lotus and pearls.
The lotus refers to strength in adversity and the Keshi pearls to the tears of the gods. The Keshi pearls had been also chosen because it's a lucky charm.
We decided to use the symbol of a lotus because it symbolizes a fresh start and a new beginning. We used Pearls because of the stone becomes even more beautiful when growing under pressure. These are messages that we want to share with the women we work with, that despite the challenges that they have been through, they continue to shine and be beautiful but mostly, that they have the opportunity for a fresh start and new beginning away from abuse.
You can follow their instram accounts directly here if you would like to know a bit more about the women who participated to the project:
This project is in fact an ode to friendship, a friendship that was created around a common passion for jewellery between three women with completely different backgrounds. When Nhuy told me about it, I was immediately interested because I saw an opportunity to put my passion at the service of a cause that particularly touches me in the sense that I also found myself far from my family at a certain point and fortunately I have always been well surrounded but I know that this is not always the case unfortunately.
Women who are far from home, far from their loved ones and sometimes live in precarious conditions and in isolation.
So I loved the idea of being able to bring a little joy to someone in this situation
Katana Tomyeba