Aayenda Jewelry was launched to provide employment for Afghan artisans. It features jewelry handcrafted by Afghan artisans using gold plated metals and Afghan lapis lazuli. The catalog describes over 100 unique jewelry products across multiple collections including Ellipse, Lotus, Trapeze, Seed, Jali, Moghul and Zada that were designed by Afghan artisans and international designers. Each piece is numbered and includes a brief description.
2. ABOUT AAYENDA JEWELRY
Aayenda, meaning the ‘future’ in Dari, was launched by the not-for-
designed by Afghan artisans in collaboration with award-winning
international designers, Paul Spurgeon, Anna Ruth Henriques and
to form a jewelry co-operative, through which they will collaborate,
This unique collection uses gold plated sterling silver and gold
plated base metals and features Afghan lapis lazuli from the world’s
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Product No:
Description Ellipse gold plated lapis
Story Ellipse
Product No:
Description
Story Ellipse
Product No: 6
Description Ellipse silver bracelet
Story Ellipse
Product No: 4
Description Ellipse silver lapis earrings
Story Ellipse
Product No:
Description Ellipse brush gold plated
lapis earrings
Story Ellipse
Product No: 7
Description Ellipse silver earrings
Story Ellipse
Product No: 5
Description Ellipse silver bracelet
Story Ellipse
Product No: 5A
Description
ring
Story Ellipse
ELLIPSE STORY
ELLIPSE STORY
6. 1110
LOTUS STORY
Product No:
Description
Story
Product No:
Description
Story
LOTUS STORY
Product No:
Description
plated silver bangle
Story
Product No:
Description
plated silver earrings
Story
Product No:
Description
earrings
Story
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Product No:
Description Trapeze silver lapis
Story Trapeze
Product No:
Description Trapeze gold plated lapis
Story Trapeze
Product No:
Description Trapeze silver lapis
drop earrings
Story Trapeze
Product No:
Description Trapeze silver lapis stud
earrings
Story Trapeze
Product No:
Description Trapeze silver lapis
bracelet
Story Trapeze
Product No:
Description Trapeze silver lapis bangle
Story Trapeze
Product No:
Description Trapeze silver lapis ring
Story Trapeze
TR APEZE STORY
TR APEZE STORY
8. 1514
Product No:
Description Seed brushed
gold 5 strand lapis
Story Seed
Product No:
Description
lapis brushed gold
Story Seed
SEED STORYSEED STORY
9. 1716
Product No:
Description
gold drop earrings
Story Seed
Product No:
Description Seed brushed silver multi
strand drop earrings
Story Seed
Product No:
Description Seed brushed gold multi
strand drop earrings
Story Seed
Product No:
Description
bracelet
Story Seed
Product No:
Description Seed single strand
bracelet
Story Seed
SEED STORY SEED STORY
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JALI STORY
Product No:
Description Jali three ring
Story Jali
Product No:
Description Jali stud earrings
Story Jali
Product No:
Description Jali single ring
Story Jali
Product No:
Description Jali drop earrings
Story Jali
Product No:
Description Jali drop pendant
Story Jali
JALI STORY
Product No:
Description Jali bracelet
Story Jali
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Product No: 44
Description Mughul gold plated lapis
tip pendant (small)
Collection: Moghul
Product No: 44A
Description Moghul silver lapis tip
pendant (small)
Collection: Moghul
MOGHUL STORY
Product No: 47
Description Moghul gold plated lapis tip
earrings (small)
Collection: Moghul
Product No: 45
Description Mughul gold plated lapis
tip pendant (large)
Collection: Moghul
Product No: 45A
Description Moghul silver lapis tip
pendant (large)
Collection: Moghul
MOGHUL STORY
Product No: 46
Description Moghul gold plated lapis tip
earrings (large)
Collection: Moghul
Product No: 46A
Description Moghul silver lapis tip
earrings (large)
Collection: Moghul
Product No: 47A
Description Moghul gold plated lapis tip
earrings (large)
Collection: Moghul
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Product No:
Description Zada gold plated button
bracelet
Collection: Zada
Z ADA STORY
Product No:
Description Zada lapis beads gold
plated single charm bracelet
Collection: Zada
Product No:
Description Zada lapis beads gold
plated three charm
bracelet
Collection: Zada
Product No: 54
Description Zada gold plated button
drop earrings
Collection: Zada
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Product No: 55
Description Zada gold plated lapis
and turquoise bracelet
Collection: Zada
Z ADA STORY
Product No: 56
Description Zada gold plated
turquoise and lapis
beads earrings
Collection: Zada
Product No:
Description Zada brushed gold plated silver
lapis and turquoise bangle
Collection: Zada
A AYENDA JEWELRY
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production and gem cutting in Jaipur;
program at India’s leading Jewelry and