tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45543067663389817692024-02-02T07:22:07.022-08:00Work Of Our HandsWork Of Our Hands is a non profit project in Namibia (Africa) We teach handcraft skills and pay a living wage.( Fair Trade) This site also contains craft ideas and craft tutorialsWork Of Our Handshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864198268862718212noreply@blogger.comBlogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4554306766338981769.post-39606050729326963982016-03-25T09:08:00.001-07:002016-03-25T09:08:44.501-07:00Meet the Artisan: Victoria Ihula<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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" When I first started working here atWork Of Our Hands, I started in the middle of the month and therefore I got paid N$400 <span style="color: #6fa8dc;">( about US $ 40 ) </span>That day I couldn't eat or sleep or do anything because I was overjoyed and couldn't believe that I too could improve my own life and make my own money. I told myself that I too can come out of poverty. This is my first job ever.</div>
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<span class="s1">Now, I make 3 or 4 times what my first salary was depending on how much I work that month. My husband does not have a stable job and so we couldn’t afford our own zinc house, we use to rent at the place where our landlord acts like he is tired of us although we were paying our rent on time. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">With the money I earn from working at Work of Our Hands, I with a little help from one of my relative, I bought materials to make my own house which tate Lon help me with transportation for free. We are now freely living in that house and I still can’t believe that I myself could afford to build my own place with the money that I myself earned. My life and the life of my children improved. I even have a bank account now which I never thought I will have.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I have 2 children that I support with the money I earn and a number of extended family members that I support and are very grateful that they have the aunt that supports them.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I am very grateful for meme and tate for coming to Namibia just for us. Our project is the only one that I know that creates jobs for people in Okahandja and we work peacefully and we have freedom of when to come to work but still earns more that some people that works at the farms or in some shops.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">I thank God for meme and tate and I don’t know what I will do if I lose this job. "</span></div>
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<span class="s1">*zinc house: house about 10 ' x 10' made of corrugated metal with a dirt or concrete floor and no running water</span></div>
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<span class="s1">* Meme and Tate : exact translation, is mom and dad, but the terms are used as a way to respectfully address someone older than you are</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Vicky is on the top row left side. Everyone is trying to stay warm with hot tea. Namibia in the winter is like Florida......it can sometimes dip into near freezing temperatures and almost no buildings have heat. It's usually cold in the mornings, then warms up with the sun, but buildings stay cool. We joke that it's the only country where you go outside to warm up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are so grateful to <a href="http://wovenpromises.com/" target="_blank">Woven Promises</a> who have offered us this opportunity to share booth space with them at the <a href="http://www.nynow.com/collections/handmade/" target="_blank">NOW trade show</a></span></div>
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Work Of Our Handshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864198268862718212noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4554306766338981769.post-55748401455154437462015-10-10T11:38:00.004-07:002015-10-10T11:38:37.934-07:00SPREAD THE BEAD LOVE JEWELRY MAKING PARTY<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Next Saturday October 17- 2015 I am finally doing something I have thought about for a long time ( and thanks to my daughter's urging) I'm having a jewelry making party .</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Featuring our most simple designs, participants will be able to choose their own colors and beads and go home with just what they want for themselves or for gifts. </span></div>
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If you live in the Denver area (or in Orlando Florida October 29th thru November 9 -2015) and would like to book your own party please email me : valgarber1@gmail.com</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">If this is well accepted we may even expand into classes where I would teach more difficult designs with wire work etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">On a little different note, I'd like to introduce some new designs for 2015 winter-2016 Spring</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I think these multi strand bracelets and necklaces with Okawa focal beads are going to go fast. I know my daughter already grabbed her favorite one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These earrings feature </span><span style="font-size: large;">ruffles </span><span style="font-size: large;">something new in our bead line this year.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And then there are our new leather bracelets with Okawa Focal's.</span></div>
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October 23 and 24 Family in Christ Church <a href="http://www.familyinchrist.com/8th-annual-craft-fair" target="_blank">holiday show</a> Westminster Colorado</div>
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October 31 thru Nov 2 Northland Community Church <a href="http://northlandchurch.net/locations/" target="_blank">Longwood</a> Florida before and after services.</div>
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Nov. 14 and 15 Country Christmas Adams County Fair grounds Thornton Colorado</div>
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April 29 and 30 2016 <a href="http://rockybeads.org/2015-bead-bazaar-general-information/" target="_blank">Bead Baazar </a>Denver Merchandise Mart </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I just finished a 3 day workshop with <a href="http://www.childrenofpromiseministries.org/" target="_blank">Children of Promise </a>Ministries in Rehoboth Namibia. The founder Sylvia Beukes </span>( in the denim dress above) <span style="font-size: large;">is a pioneer in Namibia, in that she founded a foster care program rather than an orphanage to care for vulnerable children and orphans. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our work space was in the old Rehoboth museum, and we are hoping these few days will be the start of a creative blossoming in the whole community. Word travels fast in small towns, and we had quite a few curious visitors, who want to participate in future workshops.</span><br />
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I was in the USA for almost 6 months recently, helping with a new grand baby, enjoying the holiday season with children and grand children , and doing shows to support and promote the Namibian women in our project. </div>
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Thanks to many of you, who purchased beads and jewelry, we were able to raise over $10,000 USA dollars to keep our project solvent! There was a time when we could make enough sales in Namibia alone, but most of our sales in country are to tourists, and fewer and fewer tourists are coming to Namibia these days. We sell in country, only about 1/3 as much now, as we did in the pre-2011 days.</div>
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My beautiful model here is Asteria Shilongo. She is facilities manager at our community training center. She is as beautiful inside as out!<br />
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When I first realized I would be training Namibian women in hand craft, I must have thought there were 20 of me. I had so many ideas! And I brought tons of supplies to Namibia for all those hundreds of ideas. Back in 2003 and for a few years after, we were allowed two 70 lb. bags of luggage.<br />
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Now that both my husband an I are in our 60's, we are looking at a bit slower pace and to spending more time in the USA with our grandkids, while still promoting the hand work of Namibian women.<br />
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We are thinking 9 months in the USA and only 3 months per year in Namibia.( For the past 13 years it has usually been 9 months in Namibia and 3 in the USA).<br />
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When I came to the ribbon box though, I had a hard time giving up all my never used plans for the ribbon. I also still have lots of fabric I had thought to use for making hand bags. My most dear friend here has just been diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer, so I have been thinking head covers anyway. Over the weekend head bands just kept pouring out of my little garage work room.</div>
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Head bands are such instant gratification! A new one can be whipped out in a little over an hour. And they will be much less complicated to teach than hand bags.<br />
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Now the question is..........Is there a market? Please give me some feed back. Do you like wide or narrow? Is there a market?<br />
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I am also working on some children and baby sizes.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">No snow, but a little frost now and then. Sweaters and hot drinks are in order. It reminds me of a Florida winter with lots of sunshine but a definite nip in the air.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am also going State side early this year to help with a new grand baby, so we are in the Christmas making mood in the studio.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am also flying back to the U.S.A. early this year for the birth of a new grand baby, so I thought we had better get cracking on Christmas ornaments.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lodie has been with us in the ceramic bead making project since September 2013. When I asked her what she did for income before working with us , she told me she collected Acacia tree pods for selling to farmers , who feed them to their goats. The trees only drop pods during part of the year, so I can not imagine how she actually survived with only collecting pods for income.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our winter weather here in Namibia is a lot like winter in Florida. The days are quite warm and sunny, but nights are often in the 40's to 50's and can sometimes get down to freezing. When there is no heat in the house, anything below 60 is darn cold. I know, because no houses here have central heat. At my house however, we have portable heaters, and a heavy down comforter on the bed.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is the youth/community center we built in the middle of the camp. We are so grateful to all the donors that made this possible!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lucia painting Okawa beads</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> giving a beading class in the main hall</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> A favorite of the kids: Our wadding pool. One child even said he was lucky to live in Five Rand Camp because: "We have a pool !!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">We call it "THE BEAD ROOM" Here we put together kits, so the ladies can work at home, or they can also work here. They like to come and use the bead spinners, as it makes the job of stringing go much faster.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But this is what drives us crazy ! A "million" extension cords (leads for you Brits) run past our center to homes beyond. In front of our building is the last power pole, and so residents buy power from neighbors in front of us, and our power is not always enough to run our kiln, and there are nightly power outages at dinner time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The community of Five Rand got it's name when the farmer who owned the land charged people five rand </span>( U.S. 50 cents) <span style="font-size: large;">a month to live there and use his water. </span>(At the time Namibia was part of South Africa)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The land now belongs to the city of Okahandja, and plots can be purchased for $700 to $900 U.S. dollars. Most people however never achieve ownership and just set up their tin home on whatever plot is available.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are a handful of cement block houses in the camp. I was curious why this one was empty, and was told that it is haunted by a dead child crying in the walls.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Five Rand is not just a place where people have their homes, but there are also many business, churches, a few preschools, and one primary school .</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The reason this is such a problem, is that many, many of the camps residents drink away their small pay checks within the first few days of getting them, and their children go hungry.They sometimes even give children alcohol because it makes them stop crying. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> There are often bar fights, and I especially pity the children who have this going on right in their home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Each bar tries to get customers by playing louder and louder music and so it's a constant "battle of the bands" especially in the evenings when kids are needing to do homework.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">One reason we built the community/youth center is so kids will have a safe place to be, and where they can participate in sports, games, and learning as an alternative to following in their parents foot steps of drinking as the only form of entertainment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> A lot of people</span> <span style="font-size: large;">ask me what it's like living in Namibia. So I thought I would take you on a little tour of town. Driving from the South, you are almost to town when you cross the Okahandja river.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> River you say ? Well sometimes in the once a year rainy season the river flows.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">But it is dry as a bone right now .</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Although we have normal style grocery stores there are also lots of street markets around town.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are a lot of individuals selling things around town too. Anything from cheap Chinese imports to baloney by the slice. Here is a boy selling cellphone credit at USA$ .50 to 1.00 a pop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">And speaking of Chinese imports, every town has it's China store !</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of the banks in town. Notice the line at the A.T.M. It was twice as long last week</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Our only tourist attraction is the wood carvers market.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once a year in August the Herero tribe has a nice parade.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Okahandja was known in the old days as The Garden town. These days, not so much. I can say however that the municipality has at least been trying lately to beautify city property. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Okahandja is the nearest town for a lot of farms in the area, so we often see live stock in town. Goats, sheep, cows or hides are common. This truck also has some roofing material and bedding.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">ere's the house we used to live in, before we sold it last year. Most houses are cement block construction, a lot like Florida houses, but with no central heat or air conditioning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Here's another residential street in town. Everyone has some kind of a fence and the gate is considered the real entrance to the home. In other words, to be polite, you wait at the gate to be invited in, you never just walk up to the front door </span><span style="font-size: large;">without and invitation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We usually have very pretty sunsets in Namibia. Some say it's due to all the dust in the air. What ever the reason, we enjoy them.</span><br />
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Work Of Our Handshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864198268862718212noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4554306766338981769.post-84143114867504681942013-04-25T08:21:00.002-07:002013-04-25T10:34:58.910-07:00AFRICAN CULTURE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Please welcome guest blogger, Lon Garber aka: "hubby"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We are often asked about cultural challenges while living in Africa. The item that immediately comes to mind is in African culture the group is far more important than any individual in the group. Family, village, and tribal concerns highly influence individual behaviors and decisions. In Southern Africa, this strong sense of community is called <u>Ubuntu</u>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Sharing is central to Ubuntu. The person earning an income must help others in the group less fortunate. The concept of "group" includes extended family, friends , and often anyone of the same village or tribe. The person with a house is expected to provide lodging for other group members for as long as the visitor needs it. Anyone who shows up is free to partake of any meal, explaining many unannounced visitors at lunch time. We once hosted a visitor no one knew. We all thought it was someone else's guest.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When anyone acts outside the perceived interest of the group, the group enforces both formal and informal compliance to bring the violator back in line with group wishes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ubuntu embodies a strong respect for authority. Children are taught to respect all adults and to obey them without questioning. Children must leave the room when adults are talking, to give up their seats to older persons, and to offer to carry items for anyone older. It's nice growing old in Africa.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Special respect is given to parents, grandparents, tribal elders, and government officials.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">As with all social systems, Ubuntu can be applied both positively and negatively. At it's best, Africans take care of each other without need for government assistance. At it's worst, personal success is discouraged since others will reap most of the benefits of personal initiative.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Learning that a singular act of kindness caused us to be included in the recipient's group was one of our biggest shocks of Ubuntu. From then on, you are expected to help with even greater needs! From a Western perspective, such expectations feel like ingratitude; from an African perspective , it's just life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You can read more about African culture, and our ups and downs of living in Africa by reading Lon's new book <span style="font-style: italic;">The Leap: living the life you dream about. </span>It's available online at:</span><br />
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Work Of Our Handshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864198268862718212noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4554306766338981769.post-25839869193291735132013-04-17T16:27:00.002-07:002013-04-17T16:27:54.178-07:00Artisan Profile HELENA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Since hearing from followers that they love hearing about the artisans, I decided to re-publish a few. Here is a post about Helena</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span class="s1"> “Work of Our Hands” is a great help. I can make money with my own handiwork, a nice and honorable way to make ends meet. </span>Maybe one day my children have to go to hospital or pay school fees, so I’m saving a bit of my commission for them. The rest I spend on foods and clothes for them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Although at first, none of the ladies were very good at painting patterns ( under developed fine motor skills) Helena has learned fast , and is now our best detail painter. She is the only one so far who has mastered the zebra pattern. It's time to challenge her to even harder things, (which she hates and loves at the same time.) </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Helena is a treasure. She and I have worked together since the beginning of Work Of Our Hands. (about 2004)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> As far as I know Helena has never been to school, yet she is very intelligent and talented. Because of the expense of school fees and uniforms ( about USA $30 per term) many parents of the poor, just don't send their kids to school.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At the beginning, Helena spoke no English and all of our communication was through an interpreter. Today, she understands almost everything said in English, and can make herself understood as well.( Ok we have to use a bit of pointing and hand signs, but we communicate well.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Helena is skilled in paper mache, ( our first endeavor) seed bead jewelry making, ceramic bead making ( our best pattern painter) and lately she has been learning the potter's wheel. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Helena is unmarried, but is in a monogamous relationship, and has 1 son about 5 years old. At least one other boy calls her mom, but it gets confusing as the tribal people take care of children for each other, and it's sometimes impossible to really sort out the relationships. ( Cousins are often called sisters or brothers, plus there is no he or she pronouns in their language, so in English they might say for instance " my brother, she......") which makes it all the more hard to figure out.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am unsure of Helena's age 26 maybe? She almost always has a smile on her face and is the first to help when something needs doing around the studio. As you can tell, I am very attached to her ! I feel all the ladies in the project are my African daughters, but I must admit Helena is a bit of a favorite!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">She once said " Before you came Meme ( Meme means mother, Mrs. etc. it's a tribal title of respect) I was very bored !!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I have mentioned different times to the ladies that there is a proverb ( Proverbs 22:29) that says something like " if you are skilled in your labor, you will stand before kings. Last month we saw this happen ! Helena was one of two ladies chosen to present gifts to the honorable Mrs. Pohamba, Namibia's first lady, when she visited our center. Helena all I can say is " YOU GO GIRL!" I'm very proud!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lots of jewelry components in the prototype mode. No way to succeed except experiment and experiment more. ( Plus keep notes of course........how many times have I forgotten what glaze or technique I used ! ) Even when I get what I like finalized, there is still the question of will it sell, and can I teach it to the bead making ladies?? ) I know I know, need to concentrate on an African feeling line of components ! But flowers are my personal "thing"</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lest you think I just eat bonbons and watch T.V. ( don't have one) while I waiting for our return visa to Namibia..... here's my update of the basement "boutique" for Namibian made jewelry and a new shelf for my own pottery.</span><br />
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Work Of Our Handshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10864198268862718212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4554306766338981769.post-84869825679799980872013-02-20T15:15:00.000-08:002013-02-20T15:15:23.089-08:00Artisan profile: Lucia #1<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Meet Lucia #1 (so called because we also have Lucia #2)</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lucia says: "I am 51 and the single mother of 10 children. Six boys and four girls. I and my family are really dependent of Work of our Hands and the money I make from making jewelry. I am not educated so I can only get domestic work sometimes. I use the money from Work Of Our Hands to buy food and pay for school fees for my children. My dream is to see my children graduate from college. One son is in his second year of college and another has been admitted this year. I also hope to have a small business at the open market one day."</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Lucia lives in " Five Rand" Squatter's camp so named because years ago the farmer charged 5$ South African Rand to stay a month in the camp. ( about 75 cents USA ). Now the camp property is owned by the city of Okahandja. Residents can buy their plot for about $1,000 US $ but most do not. This means that the city can legally take away their home at any time ( or move them off the plot at least) The city has already sold some land to a developer but has not yet moved any residents. Should be interesting when it happens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">This is how residents of Five Rand camp get their water. They purchase a card from the city (looks like a credit card) and put money on the card. When the card is pushed in a slot on the grey box, water comes out the hose pipe. Then they just have to carry it home.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">MOPANE WORMS (actually caterpillar of the emperor moth) are a delicacy all over southern Africa. They hatch after the summer rains, and then everyone runs to the bush to get their share. Around that time of year I always know when the hatching has begun, because no one comes to</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The poor are especially happy for this free food as it has 3 times the protein of beef.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">The Mopanes I tasted had been spiced with chili and were not bad at all. The only problem I had was getting past the look of them. In the future I plan to close my eyes first.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">See more in this great article: <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/zimbabwe-favorite-snack-mopane-worms-article-1.1247669">http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/zimbabwe-favorite-snack-mopane-worms-article-</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">AND NOW FOR THE WINNER OF THE DRAWING: Lisa http://carefreejewelrybylisa.blogspot.com/</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Thank you everyone for your comments, and by the way, I am working on an Etsy site. Best wishes to all</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">With the Holidays over I start to think about returning to Namibia. Unfortunately we have to wait for our return visas and it could be many months yet. In the mean time I am enjoying my ceramics studio and of course my grandchildren !</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> And some fired ones in stoneware.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am not the best blogger, It's like dieting, I have good intentions, but then life takes over ! So, just to see if anybody is actually out there, I am having a give away. ( Not a subscriber? become a new subscriber and your name goes in the "hat" twice.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I always do this.........whichever side of the equator I am on, I think that on the other side I will have more time........but it's never true!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">First thing to do upon arriving in the Northern Hemisphere is of course to unpack. Amazing that nothing was broken since we all know how luggage is handled. We only bring a few clothes. The rest is <b>all</b> merchandise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Then, there's the jobs I left unfinished in Namibia, like getting these pendants attached to their necklaces. I still have some to finish.......</span><br />
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Last year we bought a town house with a basement, so for the first time since moving to Africa, I can have a studio when I'm back in the USA . Had to do it on the cheap, with used equipment, but I'm happy as a pig in mud. Yea for Craig's list !<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here's my 30 year old Shimpo wheel (still working like a champ) with home made splash guard, and foam on a bucket seat. I think Shimpo is a pretty great product to be working so well at such an age !</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Of course I'm twice as old and also still in good working condition. "Knock on w</span>ood ."<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some bisque I just fired.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My Paragon and Skutt kilns. The big one came with the wheel, but I was afraid I could never fill it. Plus to tell the truth, I'm a bit scared of figuring out the kiln sitter, and if it's working right. ( just when I thought I had used every type of kiln from manual to automatic, now </span>another one to learn)<br />
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All the ceramic produ<span style="font-size: large;">cts are different here, so I'm preparing some color test tiles. Amaco Velvet underglaze.......they will perk up and look much better when fired. So far I am thrilled with the feel and coverage of the product.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Had a small home show last week end. It wasn't well attended, but I think it will grow in time. Everyone who came was very positive, and better yet they bought!</span><br />
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Now for the decision as to whether to put some products for sale on line while I'm here. People always ask me about that and then when I do it, no one buys. It's a lot of work, and I'd rather be in the studio ! What'cha think?<br />
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In less than 2 weeks I'll be in the U.S.A. and bombarded sights of things to want, advertising designed to make me want ! "Lord please remind me of what I already have ! "</div>
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Our community center has now been officially opened by the Mayor Of Okahandja.<br />
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It's suppose to be spring, but it's already HOT ! We're building a wading pool for the kids.</div>
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My brother and his wife came to visit and he helped us put up gutters. Now we can collect all that lovely summer rain that's coming soon.</div>
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In the studio we have been especially busy because we are preparing for a show and for my annual trip to the USA. Here is Rosalia at the wheel. What a beautiful smile.<br />
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Johannes is our newest artisan. He is a high school student, and is busy learning the wheel. He seems to have a natural talent for it, and didn't even struggle learning to center. I am jealous :) here he is putting dots on a bead.<br />
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Finally, after years we have almost everything under one roof ! Here's Lucia 1 and Emalie 2 busy assembling jewelry with our hand made beads.<br />
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Last weekend we had a soap making party. I showed how to make soap from olive oil, Marula oil, and beef tallow. Here I am pouring into molds recycled from the bottoms of plastic drink bottles</div>
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We just got back from the annual Artist Trail show in Omaruru Namibia<br />
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Now we have less than 3 weeks to finish making, documenting for customs and packing up for our trip to the USA.</div>
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Finally we are getting these in production. Why does it always take longer than I thought?<br />
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Give me your opinion. Does the irregularity contribute to the hand made feel. or just look messy?<br />
Which design do you like best?<br />
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I am loving<a href="http://pinterest.com/"> PINTEREST</a> but I admit that I seldom have time to actually use all those good ideas I file away. So.... I'm happy to say that I actually made some flowers from instructions on Pinterest and even added my own variations.</div>
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In the ceramic bead department I have been training some new workers, and one lady brought a 6th grade boy Erwin. Now we don't usually employ children, but he only comes after school, and she explained that he is HIV positive and often does not have any food at home to eat when he takes his antiretroviral medicine. Waaaaa! What could I say after that? By the way his mom has died and he lives with dad, step mom, and grandparents.</div>
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Whenever I read a post about someone starting the craft or business of ceramic bead making, I wonder if they know what they are getting into. I certainly didn't ! It's been about 4 years now, and the things I have learned could fill a book. So many failures and troubles. The learning curve is steep ! Still it's those days when I open the kiln to a perfect firing , well almost perfect is more common :) Those days keep me going.<br />
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I wrote a blog for <b style="text-decoration: underline;">Beads of Clay </b> about how we manage here in Africa without all the fancy tools and specialty equipment available in the USA. andsome of the special challenges we face here. <a href="http://www.blog.beadsofclay.org/2012/06/in-africa-we-make-plan.html">http://www.blog.beadsofclay.org/2012/06/in-africa-we-make-plan.html</a> check it out.<br />
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