Our Lady of Candelaria Handcrafted Religious Wood Sculpture _artisan--novica-artisan-8558 Celebrating the beauty of Thailand's

Celebrating the beauty of Thailand's jewelry crafting tradition

surrounding the iridescence of a faceted bead

Shubhra Singh designs this beautiful necklace with sleek lapis lazuli crowning a lacy silver jali

Lovingly hand-carved from bone by artisan Made Wardika

Our Lady of Candelaria Handcrafted Religious Wood Sculpture _artisan--novica-artisan-8558 Celebrating the beauty of Thailand's'In my village we are very devoted to Our Lady of Candelaria, so this sculpture is my way of honoring her,' says Jose Canil Ramos with pride and devotion. The Virgin of Candelaria is celebrated on February 2nd, which is when people put away the nativity scenes and thus concludes the Christmas celebrations. In Guatemala, she is the patron saint of the cities of Chiantla, Colotenango and Jacaltenango (of the Huehuetenango region) and Cunn (of the El