YOURGIN LEVY
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| Yourgin cutting the Honduran jade |
Yourgin was born on the island of Roatan. He is a true islander! He grew up living in Sandy Bay with his grandfather and brother.
He initially had a hard time here since he was estranged from his family and spent most of his time living on the streets. Roatan can be a tough place to grow up and yet things always seem to work out and he will always be grateful to his cousin who came back to the island and decided to allow him to live with her. She took care of him, helped him, and allowed him to sell the jewelery that she was making. One day she decided to teach him how to carve black coral and turtle shell. Yourgin hasn’t looked back since that day and thanks her for giving him such a wonderful break.
It took time but he managed to develop the art of carving and sanding, creating wonderful unique pieces of jewelery. He stopped carving the black coral when it became endangered and now loves to carve out of jade and stone.
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| hand-carved beads make a magnificent piece!! |
I asked him how he does it and he said he simply allows the grain and the colors to define the piece that will emerge. You won’t find any other jewelery like this on the island...each piece is truly one of a kind!!
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| Yourgin with his family |
Making jewelery is his main source of income so we thank you in advance for supporting him with your purchase. Come take a look at his work. They are one of a kind!!
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| this man was so happy to buy one of his angel fish! |
