Our wooden earrings, tribal earrings, carved jewelry, faux gauges, bone earrings and bone jewelry are fair trade, handmade jewelry created by traditional artists. 

 Western Bohemian's carved jewelry, wood jewelry and bone jewelry, and our fair-trade ethics, are fantastic. Here's where and how we do what we do:

Feel Good About Your Purchase! By purchasing Western Bohemian carved jewelry & tribal jewelry you are supporting traditional crafts, and the families that make them. All of our Organic Jewelry, tribal jewelry,  carved jewelry, pendants, silver and bone jewelry are hand carved one piece at a time. Western Bohemian strives to provide quality, unique, hand-crafted Earth-friendly products to satisfy the soul and beyond...  Your purchase supports traditional crafts and families and is a choice to purchase jewelry produced in an environmentally responsible way.  Our wooden earrings are hand-crafted by traditional people of natural materials.  Our materials are responsibly harvested and we support their craft and culture, while improving the quality of their lives and providing jobs where there may otherwise be none. We work directly with the craftspeople to create our original designs in wood jewelry and all of our natural jewelry, and also include some traditional favorites.     We stand behind the quality of our product and the aesthetic of its design. If our product fails you in any way, we will do what it takes to make it right.

Materials: Source and Harvesting Practices:

Our exotic tropical wood is sustainably harvested or recycled. Western Bohemian's carved wood jewelry, carved bone jewelry and organic body jewelry is created by traditional artisans with pride. Carved in select wood, this organic jewelry shows the rich colors of the natural wood.

SONO WOOD Earrings

Sonokeling, Sonokembang.

LATIN NAME: Pterocarpus Indicus

.ORIGIN: Indonesia, East Jawa (Java), Blitar regency.

HARVESTING PRACTICE: Plantation Grown, though it can be wild harvested under government control. Tree must have minimum diameter of 30 cm before cutting, the trees are replanted in the wild harvest setting.

OTHER DETAILS: This exotic wood has a beautiful colors from a deep purplish and red-brown with golden brown highlights and comes in a range of color. It is still abundant and responsibly grown and harvested. The variety we use is Sonokeling. 

HIBISCUS WOOD Earrings

OTHER COMMON NAMES: Waru.

ORIGIN: Indonesia, West Bali.

HARVESTING PRACTICE: the source we use offers Plantation Grown Waru. The trees re-sprout freely from the stump after cutting.

EBONY WOOD Earrings

LATIN NAME: Diospyros Celebica. 

ORIGIN: Indonesia.HARVESTING PRACTICE: Recycled.

OTHER DETAILS:  RECYCLED. Ebony wood is in danger! All of our ebony wood is made of recycled wood, and much of it is made from the remnants of altars, carvings and antique furniture.

ARANG WOOD Earrings

LATIN NAME: Diospyros Confertiflora 

ORIGIN: Indonesia.

HARVESTING PRACTICE: wild harvested.

OTHER DETAILS: This beautiful exotic wood is naturally black in color, hence the name which literally translates to charcoal wood. The earrings made from it are beep black and amazingly durable, resembling ebony wood.

CROCODILE WOOD Earrings

OTHER  NAMES: Panggal Buaya (Spine / scale of Crocodile). 

LATIN NAME: Zanthoxylum Rhetsa.

ORIGIN: Indonesia, Bali.

HARVESTING PRACTICE: Grown in a Plantations or Wild Gardens.  The Wild Garden is a kind of community garden that is shared by local families. 

OTHER DETAILS: Crocodile wood is almost ivory in color, and is sometimes referred to as the ivory of woods due to its smooth finish and creamy color.

SABO FRUIT WOOD Earrings

ORIGIN: Indonesia, Bali.

OTHER DETAILS: This wood has a natural fleshy tone that varies from a light skin color to red peach.

Our Source: The Sabo Wood comes from wild garden on land of the family of one of our master carvers. By chance, they have the trees growing there and they cut it themselves for our use and to help the family.

COCONUT WOOD and SHELL : Coconut Earrings

OTHER COMMON NAMES: Coconut Palm

LATIN NAME: Cocos Nucifera.

ORIGIN: Indonesia, Bali.

HARVESTING PRACTICE: the coconut shell is left of the harvesting of coconut for food and oil. The wood is plantation grown, home grown in wild farms in the village.

OTHER DETAILS: Recycled. Coconut is an amazing food and grows in great abundance. The shell is also used to create art, earrings, and cookware.

tribal earrings - organic earrings - gauged earrings - wood faux gauges - wood jewelry - wood pendants - carved earrings : Fair-trade. Hand-carved by traditional artisans whose family has been carving for hundreds of years. Organic and morally sourced. For complete detailed information, please see: materials and care

Handmade, natural and organic…

These hand carved natural earrings fit in normal pierced ears that don't require any special sizes, similar to our Faux Gauges, they look like body jewelry or gauged earrings because of the aesthetic of the materials and design.

Fair-Trade Wood Jewelry

All of our jewelry are Fair Trade, handmade by highly skilled traditional artisans from only Earth-Friendly natural and organic materials. All our materials are responsibly harvested. We work directly with the craftspeople to ensure the utmost in quality and satisfaction.* By purchasing this product you are supporting traditional arts and culture, helping the craftsmen and their families to improve the quality of life.

Care for your Jewelry:

This fine organic jewelry is made out of natural, biodegradable materials and should be treated with care and respect.

cleaning:

- clean occasionally, as needed, with a mild soap and water.

- dry thoroughly. condition your jewelry lightly with jojoba oil or another natural oil.

- do not soak in anything, do not boil or autoclave.

- store in a cool, dry place. (such as your dresser top or jewelry box.)

- do not leave for extended time in your car, sunny window, or other hot or sunny place.

- do not leave your organic jewelry in a place where it may become wet. (such as on your bathroom sink or in the shower.)

other notes:  Our earrings with organic posts fit comfortably in normal pierced ears and are 99.9% hypo allergenic. If your ears are recently pierced or very sensitive, you may experience slight discomfort at first. We recommend oiling the post slightly before you put them in your ear the first time with jojoba oil or a similar gentle and natural oil to help alleviate any discomfort.

Feel Good About Your Jewelry!

* By purchasing Western Bohemian organic jewelry and handmade earrings you are supporting traditional crafts, and the families that make them. Western Bohemian strives to provide quality, unique, handmade natural jewelry to satisfy the soul and beyond... Your purchase supports traditional crafts and families and is a choice to purchase a product produced in an environmentally responsible way. Our adornments are handmade by traditional people of organic materials. We stand behind the quality of our product and the aesthetic of its design. If our product fails you in any way, we will do what it takes to make it right.

We take great pride in the quality our carved jewelry, organic jewelry, earrings and wood jewelry. please let us know if there is anything we can do to make it better.

Kind Regards,

Western Bohemian & GARUDA Organic Earrings

Handmade, fair trade and amazing... 

...enjoy your exotic nature... 

Western Bohemian : Wood Jewelry

Wood Jewelry & Wood Earrings

care:

Western Bohemian Jewelry's fine wood jewelry and natural jewelry are made with natural materials and should be treated with respect. *our jewelry should only be used in well healed piercings.*  

cleaning:  Clean occasionally with mild soap and water.  Dry.  Oil your bone, horn or wood jewelry lightly with jojoba oil or another natural oil intended for natural jewelry. Please do not soak in anything, do not boil or autoclave!   storage:   Keep in a cool, dry place. (like your dresser or jewelry box.) Don't leave for a long time in your car, sunny windows, or other hot or sunny place. Don't leave your carved jewelry in a place where it will be wet.     

Other Things to Know:

Our wood earrings with posts made for regular pierced ears fit comfortably and normally for 98% of people.  If your ears are recently pierced or very sensitive, you may experience discomfort due to the size of the earring post of our wooden or organic tribal earrings. We recommend oiling the post slightly before you put them in your ear the first time with jojoba oil to relieve discomfort. You may also like our Faux Gauge earrings, handmade and carved in wood, bone and horn, these have a sterling silver post for the carved earrings, and look like gauged earrings.

Bone Jewelry & horn jewelry

Bone Jewelry WATER BUFFALO BONE and HORN, LATIN NAME: bubalus bubalis. ORIGIN: South-East Asia HARVESTING PRACTICE: The bone and horn we use is a by-product of meat production and farming practice.  OTHER DETAILS: Recycled. The water buffalo of South East Asia is a domesticated animal. It is used to plow fields and carry loads. They are well treated and important to the survival of the native people. When they are too old to work, they are eaten and all part of the animal are utilized. They are never taken in pursuit of the bones and horns!

About the horn earrings and jewelry:

Horn is very much like your hair or fingernails in nature, and requires care. The horn needs to be conditioned, and should be oiled to protect it

as we suggested earlier. This will maintain the color and preserve the smooth surface.

About the carved bone earrings and bone jewelry:

Try not to drop it, sit or step on it. The bone does not need to be conditioned, but may be oiled to protect your bone earrings as we suggest in the beginning of this page. This will cause the color to deepen into an ivory like-tone, not "bone white".

MOTHER OF PEARL JEWELRY

MOTHER OF PEARL, LATIN NAME: ORIGIN: molluccas, Indonesia HARVESTING PRACTICE: skin diving to deep reefs, the shells are found already dead. OTHER DETAILS: Recycled. OUR SOURCE: Recycled. We use shell that is a byproduct of production of fine mother of pearl bowls from a silver factory in a nearby city. We choose to recycle the best quality pieces from the remnants of their production

Woven Beaded Bracelets

Beaded Bracelets : May be hand-cleaned if needed with mild soap. Dry well.

SILVER JEWELRY:

SILVER, Our silver is traditionally sourced by industry standards. If you know an earth friendly source of fine raw silver, please let us know!   We are open to any documented information to supplement this information. If you have any suggestions, corrections or additions, please email them to us at: goods@OrganicEarrings.com with the word "materials" in the subject line.    GARUDA: a bird like animal of mythic strength, the guardian of the Water of Life, famous in South-East Asian philosophy. GARUDA is a warrior, a protector, and a chariot of the gods. You can find IT in the sacred statuary in many temples, palaces and shines dedicated to the spirits of the earth and the ancestral heroes.    

FAIR-TRADE JEWELRY

Feel Good About Your Purchase!   By purchasing Western Bohemian carved jewelry and tribal earrings you are supporting traditional crafts, and the families that make them. All of our natural jewelry is hand carved, one piece at a time. Western Bohemian strives to provide quality, unique, hand-crafted Earth-friendly products to satisfy the soul and beyond...       Your purchase of Western Bohemian fair-trade jewelry supports traditional crafts and families and is a choice to purchase a product produced in an environmentally responsible way.     Our adornments are hand-crafted by traditional people of natural materials.  Our materials are responsibly harvested and we support craft and culture, improving the quality of life and providing jobs that showcase talents and skills. We work directly with the craftspeople to create our original designs for all of our jewelry, and also include some traditional favorites.     We stand behind the quality of our product and the aesthetic of its design. If our product fails you in any way, we will do what it takes to make it right.

Our jewelry lines:

There are a variety of names that people use to refer to Western Bohemian's lines of carved jewelry and hand-crafted accessories. We also have a large selection of  styles from modern and sculptural to Maori, Asian, Mayan, borneo, Dayak, Baroque, Gothic, Spiral, Swirly, triangle and some that are simply beautiful. Our carved bone pendants, wood pendants and horn pendants are some of the best that exist, and we are very proud of our family of craftsmen for all the dedication to making amazing things for us to share with you, and also very grateful to all of you for promoting quality artistry and fair-trade jewelry.

Kind regards, 

Western Bohemian Jewelry