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My Africa Adorned
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Anita HorsfallEach 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...
Art Enables Us To Find Ourselves
Anita HorsfallGood 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...
Warm yourself on full blast
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Anita HorsfallWe have all been in love, then out of love, repeat, right. But, Love is the most extensively exhilarating experience you'll ever experience if you love yourself right. When you dare to allow love to live and flow within you, everything you touch and feel becomes a physical reflection of the pleasure you take in owning and celebrating who you are. Love yourself. ❤️ it's on repeat each time. It rolls out of the tongue like fine wine. But, honestly, Do not be ashamed into denying who you are to keep others warm. Warm yourself on full blast; when you...
Aspiring Beam Of Radiating Light
Anita HorsfallA little progress each day adds to significant results. Never lose your sparkle; you are an aspiring beam of radiating light. Rihanna said it beautifully; "Shine bright like a diamond.” I share a dazzling piece that lit up my creative imagination in the creative process. It is said that energy goes where attention flows. Well, this neckpiece made entirely from Swarovski crystals is a testimony to that. My Client, Denise looking radiant in her Swarovski Embellished Neckpiece Have a fabulously bright and cheerful day, beautiful souls❤️✨
Someone Pinch Me, Global Icon, Wow!
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Anita HorsfallNever rush the process. Everything takes time; put in the work and trust the process.
Never quit when you don't see the outcome straight away. Some gems are discovered en route to the destination.