Alora – Angel of the Year 2023

R200.00

Give a heartwarming welcome to our 2023 Angel of the Year: Alora!

Alora is one of the Guardian Angels – approx 16 cm tall, with 3D wings crocheted in silver-coated copper wire, pearly white Preciosa beads – and what makes her unique and special: A necklace with a dark blueish bead, engraved with our Karoo Angels logo. We adore her!

Alora’s pendant bead colour and name are linked. Her name is Setswana, one of the 11 official languages in South Africa, and it means ‘my beautiful dream’. Blue is the colour of Alora’s pendant, and blue is also the colour of peace.  And this is Alora’s message: The dream of a just and lasting peace in the world.

Indeed a beautiful dream! 

Description

In 2021 the Angel Factory started a new tradition: Angel of the Year – limited edition angels that are only made in a specific year.  After all these years we know that there are many people around the world who collect Karoo Angels, and our Limited Edition angels are made as a gesture towards our dear angel-collectors – people who buy a new angel every year, in order to embellish their surroundings even more, step by step, with the most precious angels from the mythical Karoo.

The unique feature for the Limited Year Edition Angel is a glass bead pendant, specially made for Karoo Angels. It is the world famous Preciosa in Bohemia in the Czech Republic that makes these beads for us, with our logo engraved.

Trading of beads between the African continent and Bohemia has existed for hundreds of years – and Karoo Angels continue this trading tradition.  The Bohemian glass beads are today recognised at the UNESCO World Heritage list, and there is a great symbolism found in the fact that also the Angel Factory is connected to the World Heritage list: Karoo Angels is situated at the entrance of the Baviaanskloof Mega Reserve, which is part of UNESCO’s Cape Floral Protected Reserves.