Tuesday and Wednesday
We have spent the last two days with the ladies developing a new design for necklaces and bracelets inspired by some we saw in Udipi, a Hindu temple town in Karnataka. Lots of shops near to the temples sold coloured kum kum powders for blessing Gods, chalk -for drawing patterns on the floor outside houses, and simple beaded necklaces to hang around the shines in the temples.
We bought some cut glass beads in the markets on Seppings Road in Bangalore, they come in such an array of colours it was hard to pick…and we ended up with a large bag full!
The ladies have really enjoyed learning how to link the beads together with brass wire, it is a technique that they recognise from the beads that they see and wear themselves.
It is a tricky technique but they have picked it up so quickly, aided with packets of Indian Worther’s Original & chocolate eclairs!
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