Add a touch of red to your jewelry collection with these handmade cuff bracelets from South Africa. Alternating on the safety-pin base with red seed beads are “South African beads” — fashioned from recycled Coca-Cola cans — all strung on elastic. These cuffs are cheery, eco-chic and 100 percent unique.

Add a little recycled cool into your jewelry collection with these handmade safety pin cuff bracelets from South Africa. The “beads” are made of recycled telephone wire, computer cable scraps and pieces of thrown-out plastic tubing strung on elastic. These cuffs are colorful, a little tough, a little playful, and one hundred percent unique!

A group of South African artisans called Inkwenkwezi began making these bracelets out of recycled materials in 1992. Their name refers to a special star that appears over Africa prior to the plowing season. It is a hopeful word, evoking hope for a rich harvest. Today, the rising demand for these bracelets supports a community of five people.