Pendant: Just Trade, Laus Veneris Russet Glass

• Inspired by Laus Veneris (1873-75) by Sir Edward Coley Burn-Jones
• Exclusive design by Just Trade for the Laing Art Gallery, North East Museums. 
• Card backed with painting detail
• Packaged in UK made compostable packaging 

Exclusively designed by Just Trade for the Art and Poetry, Pre-Raphaelites exhibition at the Laing Art Gallery (17 October until 13 February 2027)

Just Trade works with small fair trade projects around the world, creating opportunities for training, secure work and fairly paid employment for marginalised communities.

Handmade in East Java, Indonesia, each piece combines recycled glass beads with handcrafted brass components made by skilled artisans who receive a fair wage for their work. Every bead is unique, shaped using traditional techniques refined over many years.

The glass beads give discarded glass a new lease of life. Sourced from manufacturing waste, household glass collected by waste pickers and unsold stock purchased through clearance sales, the glass is ground into frit, then melted, coloured and formed into rods before being carefully shaped into beads.

The jewellery is created across two villages. In one, Eko and his growing team make the brass components, which are then transported to a neighbouring village. Here, the men make the glass beads, while the women assemble each piece using intricate bead-weaving techniques, guided by Mrs Nurwakit.