I remember going to an exhibition of work by Frida Kahlo and finding the information about her completely fascinating, deep and exotic. A couple of photographs of her, and some self portraits stick in my mind - one of her holding a small primitive stone carving and others showing her wearing large unusual jewellery.
Stone Bead Pendant
Stone Bead Necklace
On closer inspection I find that some of these bracelets and necklaces were made of stone. These early Americas, Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic adornments are utterly beautiful and seem imbued with knowledge, language, cultures, rituals and the arts. Beads date back many thousands of years and have always been important decoratively, symbolically and socially.
I now know what to do with all my stone chips and off-cuts!
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Ooohhh these beads are gorgeous! I hope you do make a few. Take a look at these from Africa. Most of them are made from clay but some look like stone.
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Your 'treasures' are treasures, my goodness what a collection - the African beads do look stone-like (all earth material anyway). Going back to explore further. Thankyou.
DeleteHi, Jennifer. I just happened upon your blog while surfing the net and will have to mark it and come back to read more. You have included so many interesting and artistic things with finesse and taste. Love your comments about gardens and stone in a previous post. I do mosaic pots for my garden and have been collecting rocks including a few carved roman rocks from a nearby field. Your own work is beautiful and elegant.
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Thankyou Nadia - I have just followed your amazing Multicoloured Pieces and very much look forward to hearing more. Do share your found carved Roman rocks!
DeleteThankyou Nadia - I have just followed your amazing Multicoloured Pieces and very much look forward to hearing more. Do share your found carved Roman rocks!
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