Beading for the Soul, by Deborah Cannarella

http://DG.gaia.com — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:32:15 GMT

I stumbled across this during a visit to the equally-surprising Latimer Quilt & Textile Center on the Oregon Coast. Quite a wonderful book. Beadwork has so much spiritual history -- think rosary and prayer beads, Native American fetish beads, milagroes, African and Indian eye beads. This book covers a wide array of cultures and their spiritual beading traditions. It also has a number of (heart-stoppingly gorgeous) projects that interpret these themes. Among my favorites: a beaded mandala on fabric with milagro fringe, and Beaded Prayers. (In which, a written prayer is folded or rolled up, and then enclosed in a fabric pouch, and embellished all over with beads. You carry this enshrined prayer with you. Lovely.)

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Beading for the Soul, by Deborah Cannarella