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AFRICAN
DREAMS — Priced
at $85
Miriam designed her African Dreams Collection using ceramic
beads imported from Kenya. Lady Sarah Wood and two African
women began making the colorful beads twenty-five years
ago on the lawn of Isak Dinesen's Kenyan coffee plantation.
Today, this bead business offers employment and income for
about 100 Kenyan women living near the foothills of Mt.
Kenya, who are often the sole providers for their children
and families. Each bead is shaped by hand from clay - fired,
painted, fired and glazed, and then fired again in an electric
kiln. Up to five different colors may be used on one bead
to create the pattern, and no two beads are exactly alike.
At present, there are four striking color combinations in
Miriam's "African Dreams" Collection. Bead size is approximately
1 x 0.75 inches. Oval beads are approximately 0.37 inches
deep. Barrel-shaped beads have a "scalloped" surface and
measure 0.75 x 0.5; they are slightly more than 0.5 inches
deep at the center.
Kalahari
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Kalahari Disc #39
and Kalahari Barrel #40 in black, toasty shades of
brown, red and yellow-orange. Both styles are accented
with glass and sterling silver beads.
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Serengeti
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Serengeti Disc #41 and Serengeti
Barrel #42 in the palest tones of pink, blue, beige
and green. The Barrel (#42) is accented with a small
green fluorite disc in addition to sterling silver.
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Riba
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Riba #43 in pale aqua and
beige is available as a disc only, and accented with
sterling silver.
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Massai
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Massai #44 in bright green with dark blue and purple
splashes of color (discs only), accented by a green
aventurine disc and sterling silver beads.
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