Each itsara jewel bears the imprint of the one who fashioned it
THE ARTISANS
The craftsmen of the Karen ethnic group
All ITSARA jewelry comes from traditional gold triangle craftsmanship, made by the craftsmen of the Karen tribe, an ethnic group from Burma and live in a beautiful village in northern Thailand.
The workshops are small structures, often family-run. People work in groups of 2 to 5, in a peaceful and respectful atmosphere.
Schedules are flexible, adjusted to the pace of local life: school pick-up, young children, harvests, Buddhist festivals, or major moments of solidarity between villagers—such as building a house or collective work.
Here, mutual aid is natural and precious.
Once reserved for men, silver crafting is now practiced by both women and men.
No children participate in jewelry making. All attend the village's very beautiful school.
Karen artisans work with 99% pure silver, without any alloy – a rare and precious tradition, unique to this ancestral craft.
This softer metal allows for entirely manual manufacturing: without casting, each piece of jewelry is shaped from an ingot melted on site.
The material is then transformed into plates or wires, and then molded with tools often made by the artisan themselves.
Each piece of jewelry is unique: it bears the imprint of the person who created it.
The manufacturing tools bear witness to a living and ingenious savoir-faire.
They are often homemade, adapted to each hand, to each movement.
Guardians of know-how
Thanks to them, ethnic jewelry whose origins are lost in the dawn of time, rich in symbols and stories still exist today.
Jewelry
Ancestral craftsmanship
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