Walnut Creek Bead & Design Show
Walnut Creek Bead & Design Show
Fri, Mar 3, 10:00 AM
Concord Plaza Hotel - Walnut Creek • Concord, CA
$8
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Beading Workshop with Wawi
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Location
Bothwell Arts Center 2466 8th Street Livermore, CA 94550
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Description
Join us for a fun, Creative, educational and meditative bead making workshop with the talented Wawi Amasha of Mami Afrika designs. Create your own waist beads that can be used as a necklace, bracelet, anklet, hairline tie or belt using Wawi's collection of beautiful african and tradebeads.
(Great activity for girlfriends, mothers and daughters)
"Waist beads are an age old African tradition. They are worn for vast reasons and purposes to celebrate femininity, healing, spirituality, power, balancing, attracting and keeping a mate, rites of passage, rejuvenation, initiations, first menses, energy, and body shaping. African women have traditionally worn waist beads beneath their clothing placed beneath the belly button and can be single or multiple strands. In ancient Egypt, waist beads were called “girdles.
Women of all ages and sizes wear waist beads!
When you add stones, waist beads take on healing qualities.
Depending on ailment or what needs to be enhanced, various semi-precious stones can be included in the design of your waist beads.
It’s only now in modern times, that waist beads are becoming more visible.
Think of them as colorful strands of femininity -- vibrant glass or clay beads, gemstones, pieces of horn, shells and sometimes gold or silver fittings, strung together by hand and tailored to embrace a woman's individual midsection.
Waist Beads are multi-purpose. They can be used as a necklace, bracelet, anklet, hairline tie, belt, and a favorite of mine, they are great weight regulators."
--Wawi Amasha