In a bamboo workshop tucked between Balinese rice terraces, Ibu Murni’s hands move like water—dexterous, steady, weaving stories into thread. For 25 years, she’s turned waxed cord, wood, and metal into Boho Bracelets that carry the spirit of the islands. “Each bracelet is a conversation,” she says, knotting indigo waxed thread around a smooth acacia wood bead. “Between the earth, the hands, and the person who wears it.”
She starts at dawn, selecting materials with care. The waxed cords are dyed using frangipani petals and turmeric, their hues soft like sunset over the ocean. “Three dips in beeswax,” she explains, holding up a strand, “so they don’t fray when you swim, or fade when the sun beats down.” The wood beads? Sourced from her cousin’s orchard in Java, where mango wood is dried for a year before she sands it, round and warm, between her palms.
Then the charms—alloy butterflies with filigree wings, dragonflies with etched bodies—each bent and polished by her son, Wayan. “Butterflies mean transformation,” she says, pinning one to the cord. “Dragonflies? They teach us to live light.” She weaves 12 strands at once, a pattern her grandmother taught her, over and over until the rhythm feels like breathing. The leather clasp is stitched by hand, so it bends with your wrist, never tight, never loose—perfect for 16 to 18cm wrists, whether you’re a student or a sailor.
Last week, a girl from Berlin bought one. “I want to feel connected,” she said, sliding it on. “To something real.” That’s the magic of these Boho Jewelry pieces—they’re not mass – made. They’re Bohemian Accessories that hold time: the hours Ibu spends selecting beads, the way Wayan hums while he polishes, the sun that bleaches the workshop walls gold.
When you fasten the clasp, you’re not just wearing a bracelet. You’re wearing a story. Of waxed threads and mango wood, of a family in Bali, of the wild, wonderful freedom to be exactly who you are.
Handwoven Boho Bracelet: Insect Charm Layered Design
In a bamboo workshop tucked between Balinese rice terraces, Ibu Murni’s hands move like water—dexterous, steady, weaving stories into thread. For 25 years, she’s turned waxed cord, wood, and metal into Boho Bracelets that carry the spirit of the islands. “Each bracelet is a conversation,” she says, knotting indigo waxed thread around a smooth acacia wood bead. “Between the earth, the hands, and the person who wears it.”
She starts at dawn, selecting materials with care. The waxed cords are dyed using frangipani petals and turmeric, their hues soft like sunset over the ocean. “Three dips in beeswax,” she explains, holding up a strand, “so they don’t fray when you swim, or fade when the sun beats down.” The wood beads? Sourced from her cousin’s orchard in Java, where mango wood is dried for a year before she sands it, round and warm, between her palms.
Then the charms—alloy butterflies with filigree wings, dragonflies with etched bodies—each bent and polished by her son, Wayan. “Butterflies mean transformation,” she says, pinning one to the cord. “Dragonflies? They teach us to live light.” She weaves 12 strands at once, a pattern her grandmother taught her, over and over until the rhythm feels like breathing. The leather clasp is stitched by hand, so it bends with your wrist, never tight, never loose—perfect for 16 to 18cm wrists, whether you’re a student or a sailor.
Last week, a girl from Berlin bought one. “I want to feel connected,” she said, sliding it on. “To something real.” That’s the magic of these Boho Jewelry pieces—they’re not mass – made. They’re Bohemian Accessories that hold time: the hours Ibu spends selecting beads, the way Wayan hums while he polishes, the sun that bleaches the workshop walls gold.
When you fasten the clasp, you’re not just wearing a bracelet. You’re wearing a story. Of waxed threads and mango wood, of a family in Bali, of the wild, wonderful freedom to be exactly who you are.