Rice Stack Earrings by Trecy Bleich
Handmade by Trecy Bleich of Atlanta, Georgia.
These Rice Stack earrings are structurally hand beaded in a triangle form representing stacks of rice.
This collection was created to honor and beautify the souls of women who were migrated to America involuntarily from West Africa during the 17th and 18th century transatlantic slave trade specifically for their knowledge to cultivate rice for the American South's economic growth.
Colors for the collection are blue, for the water used to grow rice. Green, for the rice plant and black, for the enslaved people who performed the work.
**Featured in Harper's Bazaar Fall 2023, sold at Guggenheim museum in support of the Going Dark exhibition, EmpowerHer exhibition for Fulton county Atlanta Arts and Culture Women's history month 2023 and in London, UK for the Cluster Contemporary Jewelry exhibit.**
Dimensions: 2.25" long
When I began making jewelry 10 years ago, it was to pay homage to my mother, Evella Lawrence, whose style I admired as a young girl growing up in south rural Georgia.
My jewelry is made for customers who appreciate artistic details in design. Some of my pieces have mixed media elements but I try to maintain a minimal aesthetic. My pieces are named to empower women. I source materials from my husband's native country of Germany and the U.S. but every detail in my designs is done to uphold sustainable practices in production and materials.
I’m a lover of art, design, nature and the earth. My pieces are reflective of these attributes. Each year I align my company with causes to sustain humans as well as the earth. I give to organizations the Dogwood Alliance and the Lupus Foundation of America (in honor of my mom).
Find more Trecy's work here.
