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Working on orders and maybe I’m hungry but does this wood treatment remind anyone else of peaches? #aroundmystudio #mensjewelry #Absynia #handmade
How it’s made: Making the large ankh ring In photos
A surprising amount of making jewelry and running a craft/artisan business is putting in work no one knows about. So I decided to to show some of the process behind making your gorgeous jewelry just so beautiful. This is the “finishing” part -the laborious time-consuming part that you don’t know I do, but would certainly notice if I skipped.
Love it? There is just one turquoise one left. Buy it here
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<aThe only kind of layers you’ll want to keep this season: Absynia’s bracelet stacks and stackable bracelets from the Africana collection. Get them here
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Picture one: The Nzinga bracelet stack
Picture two: The Ntende
Picture three: The Nzinga bracelet stack
Picture four: TheAziz
The Waseyu necklace is back! But this time with a touch of turquoise for the summer. Shop: www.absynia.com #mensfashion #mens #jewelry #Absynia #mensjewelry #Africanjewelry #Africanfashion
I meant to do this MUCH earlier but I’ve been (thankfully) swamped with orders.
A little over a week ago, I got to be one of the vendors for the Hartford Denim Company’s Pop-Up Market featuring the band What Cheer.
It was absolutely amazing.
Everything from the music, the gorgeous space, the food, the drinks but especially the awesome people and vendors.
I was so happy to be a part of it and meet so many artistic and crafty people in my area.
Some of my favorites (as pictured above):
Hartford Denim and their handcrafted jeans.
Bowls made from vintage records
Wire and foam creations from artist Shelby Osbeck.
Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to grab the information for the gorgeous artist with the pin-up hair and retro bowls but I was able to get artist’s Shelby Osbeck’s contact info (shelbyosbeck@gmail.com) for ordering inquiries. Hartford Denim Company has an Etsy store, easily acessible through their website, as well as two Connecticut locations.
And while we’re discussing favorites, the set-up I did for this show, may have been one of mine. I think it’s because i got to bring out the Celebration collection, which is right now sitting at the front of Absynia’s Etsy shop looking simply gorgeous. I’ll be bringing it to my next show (details coming soon) so you should definitely grab your favorites now- this collection is very limited edition!
Now, I’m off to explore this surprising little city. See you at the next Hartford event?
“Some see the revolution but most only see the girl…
I am the shot,bang, that you hear ‘round the world.”
-One Girl Revolution, SuperChick
A Final Embrace: The Most Haunting Photograph from Bangladesh
Many powerful photographs have been made in the aftermath of the devastating collapse of a garment factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. But one photo, by Bangladeshi photographer Taslima Akhter, has emerged as the most heart wrenching, capturing an entire country’s grief in a single image.
Shahidul Alam, Bangladeshi photographer, writer and founder of Pathshala, the South Asian Institute of Photography, said of the photo: “This image, while deeply disturbing, is also hauntingly beautiful. An embrace in death, its tenderness rises above the rubble to touch us where we are most vulnerable. By making it personal, it refuses to let go. This is a photograph that will torment us in our dreams. Quietly it tells us. Never again.”
Akhter writes for LightBox about the photograph, which appears in this week’s TIME International alongside an essay by David Von Drehle.
I have been asked many questions about the photograph of the couple embracing in the aftermath of the collapse. I have tried desperately, but have yet to find any clues about them. I don’t know who they are or what their relationship is with each other.
I spent the entire day the building collapsed on the scene, watching as injured garment workers were being rescued from the rubble. I remember the frightened eyes of relatives — I was exhausted both mentally and physically. Around 2 a.m., I found a couple embracing each other in the rubble. The lower parts of their bodies were buried under the concrete. The blood from the eyes of the man ran like a tear. When I saw the couple, I couldn’t believe it. I felt like I knew them — they felt very close to me. I looked at who they were in their last moments as they stood together and tried to save each other — to save their beloved lives.
Every time I look back to this photo, I feel uncomfortable — it haunts me. It’s as if they are saying to me, we are not a number — not only cheap labor and cheap lives. We are human beings like you. Our life is precious like yours, and our dreams are precious too.
They are witnesses in this cruel history of workers being killed. The death toll is now more than 750. What a harsh situation we are in, where human beings are treated only as numbers.
This photo is haunting me all the time. If the people responsible don’t receive the highest level of punishment, we will see this type of tragedy again. There will be no relief from these horrific feelings. I’ve felt a tremendous pressure and pain over the past two weeks surrounded by dead bodies. As a witness to this cruelty, I feel the urge to share this pain with everyone. That’s why I want this photo to be seen.
via LightBox
The death toll is now 803.
THIS is the cost of cheap clothes and cheaply made goods. Enough is enough
(via bobbycaputo)
Last one today. I just appreciate you all so much. @djgmoney156 STAYS loyal to his #Absynia bracelets and I LOVE that. #Fashion #mensfashion #hiphop #newyork
