New Colours

Erica holding a few beads glazed in a new speckled finish at the Eastleigh Jewelry Project -- Noor.

While the refugee women of Noor have been off these last two weeks for the final days of Ramadan and the celebration of the Muslim holiday Eid, our friend Patrick has been busy firing thousands of beads which the women had made and glazed, during the past two months.

Along with the local glazes, we are experimenting with test glazes purchased from the United Kingdom. The ladies are trying to broaden their palette of colours and designs. One of our favourites is "sea speckle blue". We can't wait to see what the new beads look like within Noor's new creations.

Erica and Patrick with some of the newly fired beads

In all, the ladies are working

with eleven new glazes