botanical beads ˚ BEAD strands prayer BEADS ˚ ROSARY ˚ MALA

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.

Each of my beads is individually handmade from wood, seeds, flowers and occasionally non-botanical materials like stone, shell, glass, or metal. I only use materials that I know, that grow in abundance, and that have resonances that are of some benefit to the wearer. Melia azedarach, for example, is one of the seeds I worked with. Known as the 'rosary tree' across South East Asia, I met her after a counselling session in which we talked about vulnerability, so I know her as 'the vulnerability tree'.

shalome lateef ˚ bead maker

shalome lateef ˚ bead maker

botanical beads ˚ BEAD strands prayer BEADS ˚ ROSARY ˚ MALA

embodying sacred mystery

relationship and resonance

storied objects

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Much gratitude to the Jaara and Wadawurrung peoples on whose