i don’t typically post jewelry, but i’m loving these new designs from polli in australia- and the beautiful story behind them:

the polli woven range is inspired by a beautiful tapestry which was made by four generations of polli designer maja rose’s danish family. in the 1930’s, maja’s mother’s uncle was working in the middle east. maja’s grandfather (canute) was told about the amazing persian carpets, and decided he wanted to buy one for his family home. however when he discovered the high amount that persian carpets cost, he decided to make one himself for his family. canute set about on a massive project of designing and plotting it onto graph paper, selecting the colors, buying the raw wool, which he had dyed. then began the stitching of the carpet with the help of his mother. the two went about creating an amazing carpet until world war II broke out in 1939.

during the war, times were tough and instead of using the dyed wool to finish the carpet, canute let the wool be used for knitting clothes for the family. after world war II ended, in 1945, canute commissioned additional wool to be dyed, and he and his wife, maja’s grandmother, began working on the carpet once again. canute passed away in the early 80s with the carpet unfinished. pia, maja’s mom, had been handed on the task of finishing the carpet and had the massive carpet shipped to australia, in two rolls along with the original dyed wool. (she had immigrated to sydney as a young woman). it was in sydney, australia, that maja helped complete the carpet along with her brother taus and her mom. maja did the final stitch on the carpet, which now hangs in her sydney apartment.

maja rose and tess lloyd loved the idea of carrying on this inter-generational family tradition, and so designed the polli woven range to enhance their design with a handmade touch. getting their mom’s involved in the creative process was an additional bonus (the entire line is hand stitched to order by the designers’ moms). the polli woven range can be customized and personalized, for instance, matched to bridesmaid dresses.

the woven jewelry is so lovely, but the story of their inspiration really puts them over the top for me. if you’re interested in checking out polli’s latest jewelry click here for more information and to shop online.

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