Stunning silver flower charms hand-crafted by the Karen Hill Tribe.

Silversmiths work in the open-air spaces below their homes-on-stilts in the remote villages of northern Thailand

using near-pure silver (995 or even 999 quality - as opposed to Sterling at 925).

I purchase the charms through their co-operative in Bangkok ~ which in turn puts its income towards educating the village youngsters in a bid to provide viable alternatives to the opium trade.