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Tag: Tagua Nut

  • Random Shots

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    Indigenous & Ingenious A great show – once again! – last week at The Gladstone Hotel. The Gladstone was buzzing thanks to Indigenous & Ingenious, Contact International Photography Fesitival and several other events that seemed to draw in half of Toronto. Meegwetch, thank you to everyone who stopped in to Studio 207 to shop, chat,…

  • More Friends. More Jewellery.

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    More from Indigenous & Ingenious… My friend and fellow artist and organizer Naomi Smith who excels at traditional beadwork was one of the artists at Indigenous & Ingenious. Here she is hard at work on the gorgeous strawberries she makes: And here are the products of her labour:  And here is the product of my labour…

  • The Tagua Nut

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    The Tagua Nut I used Tagua Nut in the necklace shown above with a wooden link chain and two brass ring clasps. The natural colour of tagua is an ivory colour and I’ve also used a smaller one that’s dyed a beautiful chocolate brown. I also combined the natural shapes with tagua rings which have natural…