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work of our hands pages home our mission namibia background about me artisans okawa meet the artisan victoria ihula making beads making ornaments in her own words translated from oshiwambo by isabella shilongo 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 about us 40 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 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 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 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 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 i thank god for meme and tate and i don t know what i will do if i lose this job further translation zinc house house about 10 x 10 made of corrugated metal with a dirt or concrete floor and no running water 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 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 0 comments new york okawa african bead jewelry is going to new york we are so excited and scared too we are so grateful to woven promises who have offered us this opportunity to share booth space with them at the now trade show woven promises will be showing namibian baskets and their wonderful line of african textiles our artisans are happy to once again be busy and now a lot more work to do by all before january 30 so hoping for good sales but not so many that we are overrun and unable to fill them 1 comments spread the bead love jewelry making party 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 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 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 if this is well accepted we may even expand into classes where i would teach more difficult designs with wire work etc on a little different note i d like to introduce some new designs for 2015 winter 2016 spring 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 these earrings feature ruffles something new in our bead line this year and then there are our new leather bracelets with okawa focal s and leather bracelets featuring okawa clasps shows october 23 and 24 family in christ church holiday show westminster colorado october 31 thru nov 2 northland community church longwood florida before and after services nov 14 and 15 country christmas adams county fair grounds thornton colorado april 29 and 30 2016 bead baazar denver merchandise mart note this show is mostly bead related rather than finished jewelry 0 comments children of promise workshop i just finished a 3 day workshop with children of promise ministries in rehoboth namibia the founder sylvia beukes in the denim dress above is a pioneer in namibia in that she founded a foster care program rather than an orphanage to care for vulnerable children and orphans teens preteens and foster care mom s took off like rockets after a few instructions in fabric flower making and ceramics we had two days of ceramic training and one day of fabric flower making 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 i big big thank you to carla and ceramic supply pittsburg who gave us a big discount on glaze and went to lots of trouble to get it all mailed off to us thank you 0 comments older posts home subscribe to posts atom popular posts african color wild and free ahh color i have always loved it and thought i was pretty liberated in using it until i went to live in africa that is african firing our ceramic beads whenever i read a post about someone starting the craft or business of ceramic bead making i wonder if they know what they are gettin st petersburg double chain stitch i ve been so frustrated waiting for my work permit renewal and worrying about the ladies loss of income while i m out of the count easy beaded edge tutorial i don t know the name of this stitch but i call it zipper stitch because it looks like zipper teeth it is especially good for edgin fabric flowers and other things i am loving pinterest but i admit that i seldom have time to actually use all those good ideas i file away so i m happy to sa new york okawa african bead jewelry is going to new york we are so excited and scared too we are so grateful to woven promi artisan profile helena since hearing from followers that they love hearing about the artisans i decided to re publish a few here is a post about helena in he how we make our ceramic beads please check my guest post at beads of clay http beads of clay blogspot com 2011 07 making beads in africa work of our html also for yo paper clay experiments how we got started oh my gosh it s been so long since i posted getting products ready for our anual trip to the usa is all consuming somehow as busy in the denver studio lots of jewelry components in the prototype mode no way to succeed except experiment and experiment more plus 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