Recyled Glass Bangles
These colorful and unique glass bead bracelets are handmade by recycling glass, such as the blue bottles seen below. The African artisans creating these bracelets melt down used glass bottles, and then fire the new beads in mud brick ovens. 2 for $16 or 3 for 24. Colors will vary with each piece.

About 40 people work at this workshop which is located about an hour outside the capital of Accra in a very nice rural setting. The owner and founder of the group is a woman named Florence Asare. Although it is traditional for men to smash, fire, mold and paint the beads, the women are in charge of creating the designs, producing the product and handle most of the sales and marketing. Below is a photo of the sales manager inside the workshop showroom. Distributed by One World Projects, a US Fair Trade Importer.