After a few days spent recovering from whatever I managed to pick up on the last leg of my trip, I have been spending most of my time around the house or with Ian and Michelle, since they leave to Canada today! I have been having lots of fun with my camera in Trish's house, as it is truly magical with the light, all her fabrics and beads, and all the colours and textures that go with them...here is the spare bedroom, where I sleep. It is full of beautiful things...a batik print by Esther on the bed, a hand embroidered cushion by Trish herself, a very old strip-woven Nigerian fabric hanging in the corner, and just visible indigo printed Dutch wax curtains. I'm in heaven!
No lack of colour with her signature glass beads - mostly made from recycled glass here in Ghana.
A beautiful wall piece that was part of a recent exhibition she had with a painter - and now shes adapting this particular style to be worn too. All hand embroidered!
More batik and great baskets, good light too
The yellow walls with blue door frames is reminiscent of Bib's house - good choice ladies!
Our TV-watching or reading chairs - Trish sits on the right on her very old piece of Ewe Kente cloth, and a cushion she has sewn an Ashanti strip into, and I lounge on the right on a beautiful indigo ikat from Nigeria. All hand stitched old cloths.
A yummy bowl of beads above...and lots of beautiful baskets for storage below
Lyla the African Grey Parrot - she is amazing and loves to copy sounds. Her favourite, starting at 6am, are exact replicas of taxi car breaks as they turn the corner next to the house, car alarms, cat call whistles, various other exoctic bird noises, and her incoherent radio mumbling. "Hey Bird!", "OK" and "Wow" are all done in careful copying of Trish's voice - and her birdy cackle and bird dance are equally amusing! She loves to have her feathers stroked so she sticks her head out of her cage in anticipation, but if you're not paying enough attention, she might take a bite out of a finger for you...
Her mini jungle verandah and gin-and-tonic drinking spot
Taking photos of her trade beads: some old (above), some new...and some painted (below)
Trish's "shop" doesn't look out of place in her living room...
Scarves found in the second hand market: mostly Indian
The blue kitchen - lots of bottles saved to be melted down into beads?!
Finally, a great kettle that has been stamped by hand, from Bida
No lack of colour with her signature glass beads - mostly made from recycled glass here in Ghana.
A beautiful wall piece that was part of a recent exhibition she had with a painter - and now shes adapting this particular style to be worn too. All hand embroidered!
More batik and great baskets, good light too
The yellow walls with blue door frames is reminiscent of Bib's house - good choice ladies!
Our TV-watching or reading chairs - Trish sits on the right on her very old piece of Ewe Kente cloth, and a cushion she has sewn an Ashanti strip into, and I lounge on the right on a beautiful indigo ikat from Nigeria. All hand stitched old cloths.
A yummy bowl of beads above...and lots of beautiful baskets for storage below
Lyla the African Grey Parrot - she is amazing and loves to copy sounds. Her favourite, starting at 6am, are exact replicas of taxi car breaks as they turn the corner next to the house, car alarms, cat call whistles, various other exoctic bird noises, and her incoherent radio mumbling. "Hey Bird!", "OK" and "Wow" are all done in careful copying of Trish's voice - and her birdy cackle and bird dance are equally amusing! She loves to have her feathers stroked so she sticks her head out of her cage in anticipation, but if you're not paying enough attention, she might take a bite out of a finger for you...
Her mini jungle verandah and gin-and-tonic drinking spot
Taking photos of her trade beads: some old (above), some new...and some painted (below)
Trish's "shop" doesn't look out of place in her living room...
Scarves found in the second hand market: mostly Indian
The blue kitchen - lots of bottles saved to be melted down into beads?!
Finally, a great kettle that has been stamped by hand, from Bida
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