The best features of handmade jewellery include an even wider use of materials and colours available those who choose to support sustainability in design. Wooden jewellery is popular as this material can be easily cut and styled to create interesting shapes. Shapes can be flat shapes, die cut to represent symbols or animals for example as well as more classic styles used to create bracelets or handmade beaded necklaces. Classic designs can be styled to create round wooden shapes that can be presented in their natural colour form or they may be dyed in various colours such as deep blue sea or a rich deep red colour.
Another trend handmade jewellery makers deploy include mixing and matching colours so that a jewellery piece enjoys an array of attractive colours. Equally, handmade jewellery manufacturing techniques of a more eclectic nature include not only mixing and matching colours but also materials, with accentuated touches encompassing stainless steel, leather or silver plated settings added to the design.