“I went to Kabul in August and was so excited to be working with the first group of employed women graduates who have now joined the workshop. It was wonderful to see their pride in their work and hear what a help it is for them to be able to contribute to their families income as well as going out to work and having creative input in the design process.
This collection has drawn from the Turkman flower designs of Central Asia, silver with gold wash necklaces and bracelets set with bright spring green peridot from central Afghanistan, there are tumbled angel coloured kunzites of pale pinks and whispers of blue and green, we have also started to use enamel - a technique used traditionally but a skill that has become lost, a collection of coloured butterflies, something beautiful light and ephemeral at a time of increasing tension and violence in a country at a cross roads.
In supporting Turquoise Mountain you are helping train and employ young women and men and give them a hope for the future”
Pippa Small