Pedro & Victor Colon
Pedro is our youngest, and a truly hard working artist! Victor is his older brother who also helps to make the jewellery that we sell in the ‘Made in Roatan’ shop. The first time I met Pedro was not under good conditions. I had gone to pay his father, Pedro senior, and saw this young boy sitting at the place in the market where his dad usually sat. I looked at him and said “Donde su papa?” (Where is your dad?)
He replied, “Mi padre murio. (My father died.)
I felt as if someone had punched me in the stomach! My first thought was, “What can we do to help that family??!” So the next cruise ship day I went and met his wife Wilma, gave her my condolences and asked if we could buy her some food. That small act of kindness opened up a door for a friendship that continues to grow to this day.
I met Pedro Sr. on our first trip to Roatan. He had a little booth set up by ‘the View'. I fell in love with his delicate necklaces and bought one. On our next visit I bought an anklet. Once we started the shop I went looking for him and asked if we could help sell his jewellery. After Pedro’s death, we had only a few necklaces left, and soon there would be no more. There wasn't anyone else on the island making this special chain-link jewellery so I went to Wilma and asked if perhaps the boys could learn to do the same style their father had made. She said that they could try. I am happy that both Pedro and his brother Vincent have mastered it, with nothing but a pair of needle-nose pliers, and are continually developing the art of chain-link jewellery here on the Island!
The boys are both in school now with full uniforms and have enough supplies to make jewellery to support their whole family. When they are not in school, they often sit with us in the shop and make custom products for our cruise ship guests! My heart is touched by this family and I love promoting their work! The boys are working so hard as sole providers for their family of 6 brothers and sisters while attending school, and I am so proud of both of them!
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A coconut chip accents the lovely handwired flower that Pedro made.
7.00 USD
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Pedro wired these simply with a small circle of wire on the bottom. Fresh and beautiful!
7.00 USD
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A beautiful chainlink bracelet made by Pedro using larger sea blues glass beads and with his legendary handmade flower in the center.
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8.00 USD
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Lovely purple colored chainlink necklace. All pieces hand constructed!
15.00 USD
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Hand wrapped by Pedro using tiny coconut beads, strung on a black adjustable cord. Beautiful!! Please let us know what colour you'd like and we will get Pedro to make you one
13.00 USD
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Glossy brown beads make this bracelet really stand out!
7.00 USD
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Wonderful chainlink bracelet is soft orange red beads
7.00 USD
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Lovely handmade chainlink bracelet with soft pink beads...
7.00 USD
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Brand new 'chunky' blue beads will add zing to your wrist!
8.00 USD
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Hand made bracelet with white beads on gold chain.
7.00 USD
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