Yazhi Jewellery

When I first wrote about Yazhis and Vyalas in January 2017, the I did not think that it will become one of the most visited posts on my blog. So as a continuation that post, here is a 2 minute read on Yazhi Jewellery that I created for Parampare and forgot to post about. Before we move on, here is a quick recap and what a Yazhi is.

Yazhi or Yali

A Yazhi is a liminal being. It is a mythical chimeric creature made up of parts of a lion, snake, elephant and sometime even a crocodile. It is the creature that is associated with strength and ferociousness. As it is an ambiguous Chimera, it is also considered to be the mount of Lord Budh (Planet Mercury). Read more about mythical creature Yazhi in my past post on this topic.

Yazhi Necklace with knotted glass beads

A Yaanai Yazhi is a mythical animal that is a chimera of a lion and an elephant. It is a symbol of strength is a part of Karnataka state emblem and hence finds a place of pride in the Parampare collection. In this necklace, the Yazhi pendant knotted together with glass and metal beads.

Knotting is a technique I seldom use but it gives a lot of fluidity to the necklace. In order to make the earrings fluid as well I looped the teardrop beads sideways. A peacock stud and a jhumka finding completes the design.

Royal Splendour necklace

The Yazhi image in this necklace is the same as the one above. However, the treatment of pendants and hence their look is different from one another. While the previous one pendant with a dark wine was coloured with inks and embellished with rhinestones this one is a plain. To bring about some richness to the pendant, I made the necklace using silk khun fabric beads, Chennapatna Lac beads, lampwork glass, and fire polished glass beads.

Don’t you love the the shine of these polished beads? I think that the earrings look particularly yummy.

Yazhi Jewellery for Patinam

This last necklace is not from Parampare but its predecessor, Patinam. It was not a part of the original range so I did not show it on the blog before. But a friend who saw my Temple range from Patinam, thought that I could make one of Yazhi too as it is a major part of South Indian Temple sculpture.  This is a Yazhi pendant necklace with magenta, scarlet rose and peacock green glass crystal and ribbon beads.

All of these beautiful necklaces are sold, so this post so for your reading and viewing pleasure only. I will keep you all posted if I do make more Yazhi jewellery. Wishing you a great weekend! I look forward to reading your comments and feedback about my work.

I hope you found it interesting
Cheers