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Hi Juergen, My friend Karen has a different vision conc. Muraqat and wearing beads; This is what she has to say: "The reason why I use the term Kiffa: all Kiffa’s are Muraqats, but not all Muraqats are Kiffa beads. Like ‘Boules de Berlin’ are not only made in Berlin, it’s just to indicate a certain type of pastry, easier to differentiate. ‘Muraqat’ covers a vast area in the multi-coloured bead world, with the term Kiffa everybody knows immediately what range + technique you mean, I see it as a refinement in the terminology. That's why I'll continue using the term Kiffa. Inspired by the Mauritanian women who combine everything with everything (digbeads from the Sahara, agats and carnelians from India, early-islamic glass beads from ?, contemporary gold from Mauritania, … regardless to any cultural or periodical background ) according to their personal ‘beauty canon’, I chose to make a necklace that made it possible to accentuate the petiteness of those Kiffa-beads. I also think the greatest tribute to a beadmaker is using the beads the way they were intented to: wearing them. I do wear even the most precious beads from my collection with respect, pride, humbleness, in a responsible way and have the pleasure to share them this way with other people. So many different beads, so many different people in love with them, so many different opinions about what to do with those treasures… As long as they survive in all their beauty, the world is big enough for very different opinions, no?" All rights reserved by Bead Collector Network and its users |
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