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Exhibition – Work and Inspiration
The exhibition contained contemporary braid and beadwork creations by local artist, author and mathematician, Jacqui Carey. You can see the works in the exhibition which inspired Jacqui.
Larger images are in this project's gallery.
Jacqui's work | Inspirational object |
A beadwork design made using Amazonian techniques, set on a framework of kumihimo. |
Beaded Apron: Arawak peoples, Amazon. European glass beads threaded onto double-stranded weft of fine cotton, with fringes and ties of twisted thread. Made on a portable wooden frame with vertical warps of cotton or silk grass. |
A continuous silk kumihimo braid coiled round and through hand-turned brass beads. This piece was influenced by the Hawaiian necklace with its coils of plaited human hair. |
Neck Ornament (Lei Niho Palaoa): Hawian Islands. The pendant of ivory, either sperm-whale or walrus, is suspended from a necklace of finely plaited strands of human hair with olona fibre ties. It was worn by men amd women of chiefly rank. |
added during the braiding process. A row of black onyx beads form the centre of the necklace. The ends are crocheted and fasten with an antique button. |
Necklace(Achi Ala): North East India. Multi-strand glass bead necklacewith a coin, dated 1917, as the fastener ('George V King Emperor', and his image on the obverse). The beads originate from either Italy or Czechoslovakia. Such necklaces are worn in hanks by men and women in most Naga tribes. |
A quilt effect kumihimo braid with black onyx and gold-plated beads. The beads were added after the braid was completed. |
Necklace from India with conical gold terminals and clusters of red and black glass beads. |
