Spirit Dance Adornments: February 2012

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Jewelry 4 the hand - Kelli Clarkson made me do...update

I sometimes post my work on jewelrylessons.com for support and to get ideas. Another user of the site,

Pam was so helpful in finding images of not only Kelly Clarkson wearing the hand jewelry that inspired me but she also found images of Nicole Scherzinger wearing the "bracelet."

She shared a link on "Curly Fries" blog (http://kaprayshapray.blogspot.com/2011/11/glamorous-accessories-hand-cuffs-as.html). The story on the blog about Nicole Scherzinger wearing the bracelet features images of other "hand bracelets" that show the back and front of the adornment.

Talking Adornments

When your spirit speaks let it use the Adinkra language of the Akan people of West Africa. The Adinkra language is an ancient symbol system, today it is primarily found in Ghana. At Spirit Dance we have added a Diaspora element to the interpretation of the language. When creating our adornments we conceptualize each piece considering two methods of interpreting the symbolic representation of the Adinkra language. First, we employ the ideal of “Sankofa.” Like the mythical bird flying forward while looking back, we endeavor to fearlessly remember the siprit of the past while employing craft techniques of different times and different lands where the children of Africa have traveled and settled.