Rama, maker of Rama's Beaded World — wearing her own beadwork

Duncan, BC · Vancouver Island · Ghana

Rama.
One woman,
one needle,
two continents.

Every bead sourced by hand from West Africa. No two pieces share the same color, shape, or pattern. Wearable art you carry across the world.

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The story

Beads as language.
Worn across two worlds.

Rama grew up with beads. In Ghana, they are not decoration — they are language. A color worn at a naming ceremony, a pattern carried between grandmothers, a strand that crosses water without losing its meaning. When Rama moved to Duncan, BC, she brought the beads with her.

She travels back to source them herself. Not from a catalog. Not from a wholesaler. She walks the markets in Kumasi and Cape Coast, selects by weight and light, and packs them in her luggage. Every bead in every piece has been held in her hands before it becomes yours.

She makes one piece at a time. There is no studio, no production line, no assistant. One woman, one needle, one thread pulled tight. The Duncan Farmers Market on a Saturday morning. The kitchen table on a Tuesday night.

What you wear carries that.

The Collection

Each piece is
singular, unrepeatable.

Pair of beaded drop earrings with white, teal, red, and yellow strands on triangular hoops. 1 available

Accra Teal Cascade

Beaded Drop Earrings · Teal Fringe

Triangular brass hoops suspend strands of white beads interwoven with teal, red, and yellow accents. The cascade sways with subtle movement.

$450 Only 1 made
Teal geometric beaded earrings with black and white accents and fringed strands. 1 available

Volta Teal Cascade

Beadwork Earrings · Teal Fringe

Teal beads weave into sharp geometric forms, their black and white accents tracing angular lines. Strands fall in uneven lengths, catching light with subtle shifts in tone.

$450 Only 1 made
Long beaded earrings with geometric tops and red-orange fringes. 1 available

Tamale Ember Fringe

Beaded Earrings · Red Fringe

These earrings feature intricate diamond patterns in burgundy and white atop fringes blending deep red, navy, and orange beads. They hang long, evoking the warmth of a coastal dusk.

$450 Only 1 made
Pair of long beaded earrings in indigo, lilac, and silver fringe. 1 available

Accra Indigo Fringe

Beaded Earrings · Indigo Fringe

Silver hooks suspend geometric panels woven with indigo and lilac beads. Strands fall in uneven layers, shifting with movement.

$450 Only 1 made
Long black and turquoise beaded fringe earrings with geometric tops. 1 available

Sekondi Black Teal

Beaded Earrings · Black Teal Fringe

These earrings hang from silver hooks, their black beaded triangles etched with turquoise diamonds. Strands of black and turquoise beads sway below, catching light in subtle shifts.

$450 Only 1 made
Pair of long green beaded fringe drop earrings with diamond tops. 1 available

Volta Forest Diamond

Beaded Earrings · Green Fringe Drop

These earrings hang from geometric black-and-white beaded diamonds into cascading green fringes. Each strand shifts subtly in tone, catching light with every movement.

$450 Only 1 made
Pair of long beaded earrings in purple, black, and silver with geometric tops and fringe strands. 1 available

Kumasi Purple Fringe

Beaded Earrings · Purple Fringe

These earrings hang from silver hooks, their woven purple and black tops giving way to cascading strands of graduated beads. Subtle light purple threads weave through the fringe, catching the light with quiet movement.

$450 Only 1 made
Pair of white and gold beaded triangle drop earrings with colorful fringe strands. 1 available

Accra White Fringe

Beaded Earrings · Multicolor Fringe

These earrings feature white and gold beads forming sharp triangular motifs above cascading fringes of blue, red, orange, and green. Hand-strung in Ghana, they hang long and light.

$450 Only 1 made
Pair of long black-to-bronze ombre beaded drop earrings with gold hooks. 1 available

Elmina Shadow Fade

Beaded Earrings · Black Ombré Drop

These earrings hang in elongated strands that shift from inky black through deepening bronze tones to subtle gold. Each bead, sourced from Ghana, catches light in quiet gradation.

$450 Only 1 made
Pair of green-to-red ombre beaded fringe earrings with gold hooks. 1 available

Volta Green Fade

Beaded Earrings · Ombré Fringe

These earrings descend in a woven cascade of beads, shifting from deep green to fiery red. Gold hooks secure the pointed tops.

$450 Only 1 made
Pair of white beaded drop earrings with gold heart motif and fringe. 1 available

Elmina Gold Heart

Beaded Earrings · White Fringe

Silver hooks suspend triangular panels of white and gold beads forming a heart shape above cascading white strands accented with gold threads. Each earring measures four inches in length.

$450 Only 1 made
Pair of black and gold beaded fringe earrings on hoops. 1 available

Elmina Night Fringe

Beaded Earrings · Black Fringe

Black beads layer into uneven fringes from slim hoops, accented by gold threads that catch the light. Each strand shifts with movement, echoing coastal rhythms.

$450 Only 1 made
Pair of teal beaded fringe earrings with chevron tops and multicolored strands. 1 available

Volta Chevron Fringe

Beaded Earrings · Teal Fringe

Teal beads form sharp chevrons above cascading strands of coral, black, and ivory. The fringe hangs long, shifting with each step.

$450 Only 1 made
Pair of beaded hoop earrings with black, teal and orange fringe. 1 available

Tamale Fringe Hoops

Beaded Fringe Earrings · Black & Teal

Hoops suspend strands of black beads that shift into teal and orange angles. Each fringe catches light in uneven layers.

$450 Only 1 made
Pair of long teal and burgundy beaded fringe earrings with geometric tops. 1 available

Volta Lime Cascade

Beaded Earrings · Teal Fringe

These earrings feature a woven triangular motif in teal and burgundy that cascades into fringed strands blending to lime green. Hand-strung beads from Ghana form each unique drop.

$450 Only 1 made
Pair of long beaded earrings with gray-green triangular tops and colorful fringe strands. 1 available

Kumasi Fringe Drop

Beadwork Earrings · GRAY Fringe Drop

Beads form angular tops that taper into swaying fringes. Patterns weave gray with green and accents of earth tones.

$450 Only 1 made
Pair of long beaded earrings with black triangular tops and multicolored fringe drops. 1 available

Accra Rainbow Fringe

Beaded Earrings · Multicolor Fringe

These earrings hang from silver hooks, with a dense black bead triangle that flares into threads of purple, red, yellow, and blue. Gold accents thread through the gradient, evoking a coastal sunset.

$450 Only 1 made
Pair of red beaded Santa earrings with white beards and tassels. 1 available

Kumasi Santa Drop

Beaded Earrings · Red Santa Drop

Rama crafts these earrings from Ghanaian beads into jolly Santa figures. Red hats crown flesh-toned faces, with white beards flowing into black-tipped fringes.

$450 Only 1 made
Pair of turquoise and black beaded drop earrings with colorful fringe. 1 available

Accra Turquoise Fringe

Beaded Earrings · Turquoise Fringe

These earrings feature tightly woven geometric panels in turquoise and black, edged with fiery orange and yellow. Thin strands of mixed beads fall from each hook, shifting with movement.

$450 Only 1 made
Pair of beaded drop earrings with crescent moon design in blue and multicolored gradient fringes 1 available

Elmina Moon Fringe

Beaded Earrings · Midnight Drop

Rama weaves midnight blue beads into a crescent motif atop a gradient of pink, white, yellow, and red. Black fringes sway below each triangular panel.

$450 Only 1 made
Pair of black and bronze beaded fringe earrings with gold fan tops. 1 available

Accra Bronze Fringe

Beaded Earrings · Black Fringe

Beads in deep black and bronze drape from gold fan frames. The strands form subtle waves that shift with movement.

$450 Only 1 made
Black and gold beaded fringe earrings with fan-shaped gold frames. 1 available

Accra Black Fringe

Beaded Fringe Earrings · Black & Gold Drop

Gold fan frames hold strands of black and gold beads that fall in sharp, alternating lines. The piece catches light with subtle metallic shifts against the dark base.

$450 Only 1 made
Pair of beaded earrings with blue gradient triangles and orange sun, black fringed drops. 1 available

Volta Sunrise Fringe

Beaded Earrings · Blue Fringe

These earrings descend from pale horizons into oceanic depths, a central sun disc anchoring the gradient. Fringes sway with teal and black accents.

$450 Only 1 made
Pair of beaded drop earrings with navy tops, rainbow gradients, and red mushroom designs. 1 available

Aburi Mushroom Fringe

Beadwork Earrings · Mushroom Drop

Navy-topped earrings cascade in a spectrum of beads, centering a red-capped mushroom motif. Each fringe sways with subtle shifts in hue.

$450 Only 1 made
Black and teal beaded triangular drop earrings with gold fringe. 1 available

Elmina Teal Fringe

Beadwork Fringe Earrings · Black & Teal

Earrings hang from silver hooks into black triangular panels woven with teal lines. Gold beads cascade from the edges in uneven strands.

$450 Only 1 made
Pair of long black beaded earrings with white ovals and rainbow fringe. 1 available

Kumasi Rainbow Fringe

Beaded Earrings · Rainbow Fringe

Black beaded triangles frame white ovals above fringes that weave black with a full spectrum of color. Each earring hangs long, shifting light across the beads.

$450 Only 1 made
Pair of long beaded fringe earrings in black, blue, and pink. 1 available

Accra Tide Fringe

Beaded Fringe Earrings · MULTI-Blue Drop

Beads from Ghana form a black-rooted fringe that shifts from navy depths to turquoise shallows and magenta accents. Each pair hangs with deliberate asymmetry.

$450 Only 1 made

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