About Sunflower Rye

  • Sunflower Rye creates jewelry with a focus on tiny intricate details, inspired by heirloom crafts, folk magic, time-honoured traditions, and the beauty and joy of the natural world.


    Each piece is sewn by hand with tiny glass seed beads and thread using traditional bead weaving techniques or on a small loom. Our jewelry is lovingly crafted with the dream of bringing small everyday joys to the wearer.


    Sunflower Rye

  • About Aprile

    Aprile Elcich is a Canadian artist and designer with a background in Graphic Design. She started her career at Free People, before transitioning into freelance work with a speciality in branding, web design, and packaging design for other local makers. Alongside making jewelry, she currently works as a Product Designer in Amsterdam. Sunflower Rye brings together many years of passionate interest in the history of everything handcrafted, and experience creating by hand in different mediums.