Kazuri handmade, hand-painted ceramic beads are made in Nairobi, Kenya. Every bead is shaped by hand by one of the 200 local women employed by Kazuri. The beads are then kiln fired once, glazed and fired again before being strung.

Lady Susan Wood founded Kazuri in 1975.  Observing that many women in the villages around Nairobi were nearly destitute, she and two Kikuyu women organized a ceramic workshop and taught jewellery making to the poor - the instruction continues to this day.

The workshop is still located on part of the farm once owned by Karen Blixen, of 'Out of Africa' fame, at the base of the Ngong Hills outside Nairobi.  Kazuri means small and beautiful in Swahili, the language of Kenya.

Asante sanu (Thank You)