The Anasazi dream in A with an African Kazuri bead decoration(Available again!)
A tribe in Kenya has been raising its women from poverty to a sustainable lifestyle through the hand manufacture of Kazuri beads. "Kazuri" means "small and beautiful" in Swahili, and the beads come in a variety of delightful patterns. I was drawn to the 14-kt. gold painted black beads and purchased 3 of them for this special design. A very lustrous, rich look, it pays tribute to the success of the enterprising women of Africa, and recalls the spiral petroglyph markings found in many ancient cultures. The first has sold, I'll be making only 2 more like it when my new deerskin wraps arrive.
2 comments:
beautiful!
Thanks, Nikki, this was fun to make!
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