Some additions to the "Go Tribal" Collection

The "Go Tribal" Collection was launched a couple of weeks back with the orange-white "tribal" design theme. Presenting... a few more theme options for the same collection:

Pendant with a pattern (green-white theme)

Triangular pendant (red-dark blue theme)

Go Tribal!

First rays of the sun are lighting up the sky. 
What a sight to see colors come to life! 
Did you hear the bird's song? 
The sleepy world becomes alive! 

Lets be in sync with nature. Time to Go Tribal!

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A visit to the folk art museum

My web research about a local folk art museum said: "It houses a wide array of rural artifacts depicting the essence of folk literature, music, dance, festivals, sculpture and lifestyle." Hmm... interesting!

When we reached this museum, it was deserted. From the entrance, I could see traditional folk paintings on the walls and two colorful sculptures in a lush green premises. Looked quite inviting!

The first exhibit was all about a village lifestyle. It had sculptures demonstrating harvesting, pottery making, fishing, a cow shed, a blacksmith, to name a few. This was mainly an outdoor showcase.

Then, we moved on to an indoor display of folk music and dance. My jaw dropped! It was an amazing exhibit! Puppets (simply loved them), sculptures of folk dance characters, musical instruments... But what grabbed my attention was the jewelry. More importantly, bead jewelry. This art was practiced so many years ago!

I did some web research on tribal jewelry. Tribal jewelry around the world. It was interesting to note that most of the tribal people use beads for their jewelry. This definitely inspired me! It was time for a new band of beads collection!

Childhood Friends collection

"Why not dedicate the second collection to the special friends?", I thought.

The "special" friends may not always be humans... It could be animals, or birds, insects, or even imaginary! There could be a hook attached to these bead creations. It would make them portable - can be attached anywhere!

So here's a creation dedicated to all the people out there who have wonderful friends. A token to express your feelings as its never too late....

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Happy gifting!

Meet our favorite Childhood Friends!

A few months back...

"Now what should I do with these?", popped the question as I created the first few bead art pieces. What next?

Back in school, I used to gift the bands as a token of friendship. Well, that was an expression on the Friendship Day. It said, "thanks for being my wonderful friend"!

"Why not gift my dear friends and family members again?", I thought, "It can be a token of 'thank you'". After all, I had not expressed this since long...

I gifted my first two creations to my very close family members. For always being there for me. I wondered if that sounded more like a definition of a friend? Well, it certainly did...

After a few months, my family members sent me a few pics. One of them was:

 

 I was touched. Moved.

Introducing... The Dawn Collection!

"Its the first design that needs to be launched. What would it be?", was the thought. I had created many bead designs. But which one would be THE ONE for the launch?

Well, the answer was in the question! It would be a beginning. What marks a beginning? The Dawn!

First, came the necklace:

Then, the earring:

And finally, the bracelet/anklet:

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Do leave a comment below for the design. Looking forward to hear from you!

We now have a logo!

Now that I had practiced many bands, we thought, "Why not have a logo?"

Being a Graphic-cum-User Interface designer, I tried my hand in logo design. 

The first logo was this:

I loved this logo as it seemed to convey the band quite seamlessly. But, it did not have a symbol which could portray the "band of beads". The combination of text and beads in the logo proved to be a hindrance at times in smaller resolutions.

Then, there was this new cycle of brainstorming. This time, we needed a symbol and the text. Also, we needed to convey that:

> The brand is all about beads. Beads of all sizes, colors and shapes. Currently, the product for sale will be jewelry - necklaces, bracelets, anklets and ear-rings. In the future, the product range can be diversified.

> The logo graphic should have a representation of the band which I used to create back in school. The band was woven with beads and had a uniform width.

So finally, we zeroed in on the brand name - "band of beads". After all, it all started from it! The symbol turned out to be a band (like that of a rainbow). It had beads of various colors and sizes. And here's what we got: