Storm is over

I think that the title “STORM IS OVER” best suits this piece because it has caused me hell. I is done or finished but I cannot say that I am happy with it or that I’m proud to be its creator. There is just something about it that does not put my mind as ease. The colours have no meaning and they are not as bright as some of my beaded jewellery is.

I keep wanting to fix it or try to make it smaller or colourful, just something.

Shining Light Design

This is my Shining Light design, designed from the cultural bead that I have been busy making. It is two bangles that are joint together with one bead, symbolising the bond that can not be broken. This bead can move freely around these two bangles, allowing them to be on their own.

Bead with evil spirit

As much as this bead designed round a muthi bottle that is meant to drive or send evil spirits away, I think that it is evil. I've lost count of how many beading needle I have broken and how many times I've pocked myself in the mouth as I tried to pull the needle throw the beads, while beading this. It not easy to bead around because its very hard to have a ferm grip on it. The string also contributes to the needle breaking like that all the. Maybe I must re bead it in another string.

Muthi bead drawing

This is not the greatest of drawings but with time my draws skills will improve to the max. This is the drawing of my muthi bead.

Muthi bottles

This married is wearing a beaded necklace made in the umzansi style at Muden. In this case the small bottles are used for mecinal and decorative use.( Morris J 1994: Speaking with beads)

I know that I've gone on and on about a muthi bottle but haven't shown how is has been used and who would use it. This one has a beaded cover that support its weight and to make it blend in with the rest of the beadwork.

Beading a bead

I finished sholdering the ends or the covers of my bead and I must say that im happy with what I see. All that is left for me to do is go home and bead around it.

Spiritual Bold

As we have to enter the Shining light competition that has the theme Enduring Bonds this year, I chose the cultural bond. In the Zulu culture one of the people that are noticed by the things that they wear, is a sangoma. A sangoma wears red and white beads, that is how you can tell him or her apart from everyone. I decided to make a bead that would be used to put a small muthi bottle in it, this bottle would help drive the evil spirits away. It is not yet finished but still a work in progress.