Unique Ukrainian Handcrafted Necklaces

Traditional Ukrainian gerdans and beaded necklaces, loomed by hand from thousands of glass seed beads. Each design carries folk motifs — poppies, sunflowers, wheat — reimagined for modern wear. Every piece is one of a kind.
Handmade gerdan necklace of white glass seed beads with geometric folk tulip medallions in red, green and yellow

Field note № 2

How to read a pattern

Every geometric motif in Ukrainian beadwork means something — diamonds for sown fields, zigzags for water, eight-pointed stars for the sun. Once you can read them, every necklace becomes a sentence.

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