Transformation for May
Transformation for May
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A woman I met in Toubab Dialaw last year at the start of a magical day with Leticia. I will call her ‘our beautiful friend’, she welcomed us and looked after us throughout the day. An embodiment of the Senegalese notion of ‘teranga’. “If there’s a set of values in Senegal, teranga would be the…
What is your favorite fairytale today? “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” ―Albert Einstein, who was born on this day in 1879
For my final installment of women in Pune, India, I want to introduce Sayalee Marathe. Let’s look at a small part of what she is doing! I had the opportunity to meet her in her boutique in the distinguished red and white building – see photo below. While I was perusing the jewelry on display,…
I am excited to share with you a couple of porcelain necklaces inspired by the imagery of the Pech Merle prehistoric caves in France. The handprint stencil appears numerous times in the caves in black and red tones. I have included one image here of hands. You can read more about the caves at their…
I was reading an Italian book last night while firing some ornaments in the kiln. In the story they used the word ‘turchino’ which I was not familiar with, which led to learning about two words for two colors that came from Turkish into the Italian language: turchese and turchino. Turchese is the color and…
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