:: Sweet Charleston Designs ::

Allison Caldwell Kindt of Raleigh, North Carolina and Angie Caldwell Buxton of Daniel Island, South Carolina, co-owners of Sweet Charleston Designs, LLC, have launched the new "Sweetgrass" fine jewelry line inspired by the sweetgrass baskets made in the Low country of South Carolina.

Sweet Charleston Designs, LLC has developed a line of fine jewelry honoring the art of the sweetgrass baskets made locally around Charleston and the low country of South Carolina. The line of fine jewelry has a design similar to the sweetgrass basket weave in sterling silver and 18k gold. It is an original and classic line of fine jewelry that is representative of the charm and history of the sweetgrass baskets art form, the culture and the area of Charleston, South Carolina.

Sweetgrass basket making, also known as weaving, is one of the oldest forms of African art found in America today. It can be traced back over 300 years to descendants of West Africans brought into South Carolina. The baskets are hand woven out of sweet grass, bulrush, palmetto tree fronds, and pine needles, all of which grow locally in the low country.

Sweet Charleston Designs hopes to bring education and awareness to the beautiful, historical art of sweetgrass basket weaving and the extremely talented basketmakers through the development of their fine jewelry line.