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Today my guest is Adam Jordan, co-founder of the Thembalethu Beaders project of South Africa. Supported by gorgeous beadwork designs, and founded by Thuli Dumakude, their mission is to “Increase global awareness about the economic, education, health and political inequities undermining the magnitude of women and children and produce sustainable, dignified and liberating opportunities for women

My tentative steps back into my normal beading routine have begun, and I have actually had some time to sit down with beads over the past couple of days. I decided it was time to just pick a project and go with it, then took some time to decide what I really, really wanted to do. For a while, I plan to just make things that I want to, and avoid anything that feels obligatory (though that doesn’t

Today I want to introduce you to an amazingly talented beader. Anika Jaumann’s elegant beadwork designs are a delight to behold! Inspirational Beading: When did you first get started with beading? Anika: As a kid, I used to string bracelets and necklaces out of wooden beads and wore them in kindergarten – I put them secretly on after my mom was gone, because she didn’t want me to do so. When I