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It is said that creativity is imagination having so much fun. I'm an advocate of reusing, recycling and repurposing. For my upcoming families workshop with the @v&a museum, I am having fun creating ideas I can share with families on the day to inspire them to try different things using various mediums. Black eye beans are one of the staple foods in Africa; not only have I incorporated these into this cuff that I made from recycled paper cups and straws, but I also have introduced various mediums to tell a story of body markings inspired by nature. During the...

I’m my downtime moments, I like to sit back and reflect on the journey so far. Every next step begins with an act of gratitude to the giver of ideas, Chukwu Okike, Chukwu Obiama, ChikeluuwaI often say I’m a servant to ideas and many people have asked why I make such statements. You see, we each carry various guides with us that is assigned to us when we are born. Each guides unknown to us, nurture our paths and help direct us in our various paths of our calling.I have said that I can never do anything else other than...

Oh my goodness, it's that season already—University open-day visits for my daughter. I miss school, and with each lecture I attend, I'm tempted to sign up for a course; then I look at my daughter's face, saying not in this uni; I suddenly shy away from the idea. This is what I wore on Saturday. I live in black clothing, but my accessories spoke for me; the number of times I got women asking me, I like your earrings on our university visit on Saturday; where did you get them? Then I say, I made them. Are they heavy, I...

Each African culture has its style that is unique to each tribe.Body adornment is used as a mode of communication. This stunning image by @ericlafforgue and @steph.ledoux of a Rendille woman of northern Kenya wearing the Doko indicates that the woman's eldest child is a boy. The woman wears her hair in a coxcomb made from mud, animal fat and ochre.This permanent fixture will be repaired constantly until a male relative passes, and the hair will be shaved off.The necklace called Mporo Engorio is made of doum plan fibres, bound together in strips of ochre cloth, which are also women...

Good Morning, beautiful people. There's a favourite citation by Thomas Merton that grapples my attention each time and make me pause for a second. It goes like this "Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” I conquer with this powerful statement. When you create, you lose yourself and travel afar to places that stimulate your creative thoughts and Inspire your process. I remember the very first time I started designing the Leire necklace. It started with a bead, which I steered at for a while, thinking of ways to best execute and make most...