HANDCRAFTED BEADS ˚ BEADED NECKLACES prayer BEADS ˚ ROSARY beads
Beads are the oldest known human art form. They link us back to a state of deep connection. Beads help us to feel at home.
embodying sacred mystery
One Plus One Equals One .... these words were sung by Rod Boucher, one-man-band and warm up act / road mother for ACDC. While they may not be mathematically accurate, they do express the nature of our existence as differentiated beings that are all part of the one living body that is the earth. This mystery of unity and differentiation is embodied in a strand of handmade beads. Each bead has its own unique shape, size, texture, and colour, and yet they are all joined on the one harmonious, contiguous strand.
lovingly handcrafted
Each of my beads is individually handmade from wood, seeds, flowers and occasionally non-botanical materials like stone, shell, glass, or metal. All of my materials are local and in abundance, or are gathered from places that I have visited or people that I know and trust to gather or acquire them ethically. I listen carefully to each of my materials and shape them according to what I hear, see, feel or am prompted to make. The process of crafting is a process of coming into relationship with the places, plants and people that I work with.
deeply connective
Each strand of beads contains a story of the plants, places and processes by which they they were made. The story (some of which I will have written down for you) and the beads will connect you with places, people and plants, so that they might accompany you on your journey through life.
Join me in april for an autumn craft retreat
Come join me for three days of crafting at the exquisite Mallee Bush Retreat, in Hopetoun. Slow your body and mind and enter into a state of deep connection with people, plants and place.
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