Spirit Dance Adornments: Chronicles Project

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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Necklaces and Rings

Photography by http://simbikaliphotography.com/
Music by http://www.facebook.com/pages/bZoPresents-THA-INSTRUMENTALS
& http://www.facebook.com/pages/THE-CHRONICLES-PROJECT

Original wire wrapped necklaces and rings of copper and gemstones

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.