Music, a melody, can inspire to create. Lyrics, harmonies are not images we see but they stir emotions and memories that are certainly vivid enough to create inspirational images in our mind.
My fellow Malian Salif Keita's Moussolou video revived memories of my father's village: Salif sitting in the shadow of a mud house playing his guitar just like my oncle used to play his kora (a West African musical instrument shaped like a lute, with 21 strings passing over a high bridge, and played like a harp), women in their boubous (long, colourful, loose-fitting garment) tirelessly pounding the cereals like my aunts... evoked so many happy holidays.
As I listened to the music, watched over and over the video, took in the colors, I thought of a necklace.
I used the netting technique often used in traditional south african beading.
My fellow Malian Salif Keita's Moussolou video revived memories of my father's village: Salif sitting in the shadow of a mud house playing his guitar just like my oncle used to play his kora (a West African musical instrument shaped like a lute, with 21 strings passing over a high bridge, and played like a harp), women in their boubous (long, colourful, loose-fitting garment) tirelessly pounding the cereals like my aunts... evoked so many happy holidays.
As I listened to the music, watched over and over the video, took in the colors, I thought of a necklace.
I used the netting technique often used in traditional south african beading.
Here is my necklace Muso -woman in bambara, the dialect spoken in Mali.
The black color is for Africa, the brown represents earth; vibrant red, blue and green are perfect to inject joyousness and enhance the beauty of the wearer, gold is for the sun...
The black color is for Africa, the brown represents earth; vibrant red, blue and green are perfect to inject joyousness and enhance the beauty of the wearer, gold is for the sun...
