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Find Your Creative Self in the Kaleidoscope of Beads & Color
Beading and my spiritual path are intricately interwoven. It would be difficult for me to separate the two because they are so completely intertwined with one another. As I sit and weave with my beads, I allow the Creative Spirit to flow through me, and though my hands are doing the work, another force is actively participating in the process. This force is a transmission of Spirit that fills me with deep inner peace and joy as I bead. As a result, the practice of my art form has become a creative path to my sacred center.
from the Introduction
Believing that beading is a form of meditation through which we can access the Creative Spirit that is always present in us, master bead artist Rev. Wendy Ellsworth offers multiple ways to explore beading as a spiritual journey of self-discovery. Each of the seven chapters is rich with personal stories, exercises, and beading projects, and each project has a meditative experience to encourage a contemplative spirit and creative play. The project results are beautiful, meaningful symbols designed by a master bead artist for both novice and experienced beaders alike.
Original projects include:
Geometric Mandala
Personal Mandala
Personal Prayer Beads
Beaded Prayer Pouch
Goddess Archetype Necklace
Beaded Stick Figure Goddess
Chakra Necklace
Chakra Flower Sculpture
Free-form Gourd Stitch Bracelet
Ruffled Cabochon Brooch
Dutch Spiral Necklace
Spiral Vessel
Song Beads
Herringbone Stitch Cuff with Freshwater Pearls
7 x 9, 240 pp
w/ 40+ b/w photos
40 diagrams...
8-page color insert...
Quality Paperback Original
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