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Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Her work is inspired by the history of the beads she uses in her necklaces and bracelets, Nasimiyu Wekesa
In every ceremony everybody had beads. And we used to wear them and cherish them and we used them in different ceremonies," she recollects. She came to the United States 15 years ago and travels back to Africa frequently, collecting trade beads for her work.
She explained how her products are made: “I combine the beads myself, I use string that comes from a car tire, recycled string from a car tire. When you rip up a tire, there's some very strong string that comes out. I am bringing back the path of the answers of life together by stringing their past to the present."
Wekesa wants to make life better for the children in her homeland so she donates 10 percent of all sales from her retail store to Born to Aid, the foundation she established to help lessen the suffering of the children of western Kenya who are victims of AIDS.
Dont you just love her
check out her simple lovely collection
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