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The collection is crafted around the idea that the collection is a "celebration of all things beautiful in life" -as quoted by Thomas Sabo himself. Each bead serves as a representation of a value, feeling, moment or event in life that correlates to its unique design and tells a story about its wearer (unless of course, you just buy 'em coz you like 'em). The bead karma takes the centrepiece of this collection and is the focal bead that unites all the other beads with one another. It is said to 'concentrate energies such as optimism and cheerfulness'. This is in my opinion, the must-have bead in the collection, though it may not be the fanciest, but as I said, it does unite the themes of other beads together.
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The collection ranges from simplistic smooth spherical gemstones like the bead lapis lazuli to very intricately designed beads that you'd admire up close with tactile feels to some of them like the bead kathmandu. They also come in various colours and materials. Some beads are also in-laid with cubic zirconia like the bead black fish and then there are those painted on with enamel like the bead wonderful world.
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The that absolutely intrigues me about these Karma beads is that no matter how delicate or expressive the design of a bead can go, they all adhere to a certain rule that makes them perfectly spherical and that all the creativity is contained in that sphere. This example can be seen in the bead black starfish and the bead wave, both being expressive beads that without actually seeing it for yourself, you'd assume the bead starfish was shaped like a star and the bead wave was shaped like well, a wave. Both of these obey the law I stated above perfectly. Of course there are a few exceptions such as the bead dragon and bead skull that adds variation to a creation but is kept at a minimal in which I find comforting.
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The materials incorporated by the usually comprises of silver and gemstones. 925 sterling silver seems to be the most common metal used in the crafting of these beads. Occasionally, the silver pieces are plated with 18 K rose gold, 18K yellow gold or are blackened to give depth to the beads. Note that the this is solely plating and the material is not made up entirely of rose gold for example. There are pros and cons to this as some people prefer pure gold instead of silver plated with gold but on the other hand the plating makes them more affordable. A synthetic diamond known as cubic zirconia is also used to create the pave pieces and various other pieces inlaid with gemstones which comes in various different colours.Statistics: Posted by TamicaJS — Mon Jan 08, 2018 8:32 pm
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