Ceramic brooch

I have been reading a book called Speaking With Beads to try and find out more about traditional Zulu beading or beadwork. The colours of isibheklane grabbed my attention, the shapes and the pattern. That inspired me to make these ceramic brooches. They are nowhere near being finished but in time they will be master pieces. I chose ceramic so that I can give them dimension and to use a medium that I’ve never used before

African art center

I have been asking around for some help and the art gallery is one of the places I went to. I guess I could say perfect timing because they loved my work and wanted to include it in the next gallery new comer’s line. I went home and started beading and beading till I ran out of beads. These are some of the pieces that I made for the launch on the 29^th, I still have to make more but the question is, WILL I FIND TME TO?

Nuts and Bolts

This is what Suzanne said about what she thinks beads are.

"To me, a bead is anything that has a hole in it and can be
strung. Further, you can also drill holes into any object such
as shells, stones, wood and even dried pasta and turn them
into beads. There is another artist who is using nuts and
bolts from the hardware store and using them to make jewellery."

Train of thought

I have often heard people saying,"Thing are not what they seen" lately I am learning the true sence of that phrase. I found this insect on google, it took me a while to see the rest of it. In the end, I did.
A part of me sometimes wishes I could just blend in with the background, maybe things will get batter.

Evolution

Suzanne Golden is also one of the artist that I found in the book, 500 Beaded Objects. I was luck enough for her to reply and allow me to use some of her work for my blog or my research.
She has done alot of beaded braclets, using many different colours abd pattens but the ones that grabbed my attention were the evolution braclets. These braclets are beaded in black and white bead using the peyote stitch.
Although most of my work is in bright colours the contrast of the bead allows the eye to create its own feel.

Pencil beaded objects

It is hard to get a response from jewellers of artists out there but fortunately for me, I found someone who was and is willing to help and answer a few questions for me. I found Jennifer work in a book called 500 Beaded Object. I love the colours she uses and the type of beads.
Her work bought up alot of questions, but the question that I want to answer or find out more about is, "WHAT ARE BEADS?" does anybody know?

To preserve our cultural heritage

Yesterday, i want to The African Art Center. I must say that, even though im doing alot of bead work this year, I was dragging my feet about going to the art center because i was not sure what I was going to find. As soon as i entered the gallery i was overwhelmed by the colours and the beauty of all the bead work and hand crafted things. I always new that durban has talent and very creative people but i guess i underestimated the amount or the level of that creativity.

500 Beaded objects

I have been reading a book of contempuary bead work or objects. I found alot of beautiful and colourful beaded objects but what got my attention the most was their headings or the name of the artist's pieces. I never thought that the name or the story behind some of the pieces would count or play such a big roll. There were some artist's work that i loved and I have looked them up and asked if i can use some of their work for my research.As i was reading or going through this book,i realised that my understanding to some of the objects was very different to what the artist was saying and alot of questions came up, questions like, What is a bead? When is it right to use plastic and glass beads together?