The World Craft Council hosted Kaivalam an International Craft Summit in Chennai , India . Among the various events taking place there were wonderful exhibits by International crafts persons from all around the world. Though I missed the earlier events held during September end as I was away , I couldnt wait to see the crafts bazaar. Wow what an eyecandy that was !Among the bazaar was the stall from Namibia , ( Do lookup their website at www.omba.org.na )
which had these beaded necklaces and bracelets. At first the jewellery appeared simple to me , but as I got into a conversation with the stall incharge , I was surprised to find that it was made from ostrich egg shells. Wonder of Wonders .....! I had heard of beads made from lots of different natural materials apart from glass or metal but this was the first time I saw ostrich eggshell being made into beads , and I was floored. To my amazement , the oldest known beads have been made from this material , and are still being made even today !
Carrying my prized posession home , I promptly looked up the net , ( my faithful informer ) and was really intrigued by the process of making these beads . It gives a detailed process that goes into making these beads.
Here`s a link to the website
www.womensworkbw.com/osbabout.htm
Fantastic isnt it ?
motidana.
what a fantastic necklace, thank you for sharing it with us, will pop over to the website to read more about these crations
ReplyDeletejust clicked on your link to the above but it comes up as not found, will try later but wonder what has happened to it as would love to read how they do the necklaces.
ReplyDeleteextremely sorry Margaret ,that was a typing error. Have corrected the mistake so you can try again . Meanwhile do look for my next post on recreating this necklace - a la motidana style !
DeleteOstrich egg shells? Amazing.
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ReplyDeleteI was at the exhibition yesterday and was spellbound as usual. 2011's Abushan (first edition of Jewelled treasures) was more magnificent but this was no less.It was great to be given a master tour at the Ganjam exhibit as a friend was there. I'll soon be blogging about Shrians myself
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DeleteAmazing finding and I liked your creation with it too in another post. Thank you for sharing this .
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by and commenting Anindita . Glad you liked the necklace and the redesigning I did on it . I was quite thrilled with my discovery too , as I saw ostrich egg shell beads ( a rarity in India ) for the first time and am very impressed with the lovely jewellery that is made with these beads :)
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