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Guidata Ellie L. Maele M E
Molly Ann of MH
Spoon Rabbit
Fast-Acting Dawn Abelard
Pam Sherrie Susan
Debbie Kathy Lizzie Oz
Brenna Gretchen
Guidata’s Journal
Included in my journal are eight signature
pages and a glassine envelope to add your amulet. My envelope is sealed.
Sonya Clark, an artist and associate professor
at University of Wisconsin, calls an amulet a beaded blessing. I quote from her Beaded Prayer Project that began
in 1999.
“The beaded prayers are palm-size beaded
amulets or charms stuffed with written messages. The form of the beaded prayers is
inspired by African amulet traditions. Participants
make them in a range of colors and shapes but they all have messages inside and at least
one bead on the outside.
African
and African Diaspora traditions of healing and protective amulets called by various names
among different peoples. Bans Uri are the amulets worn on Akan hunters garment in Ghana,
Minkisi are found in the Congo, patua in Brazil, and mojo in the USA. While the major influence for this project is
amulets from the African Diaspora, packets containing potent, healing, and protective
contents is ubiquitous and connects to many other cultural practices i.e. Jewish mezuzah
and kemiyas. Native American umbilical amulets, and European hair lockets.”
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Beginning! Pam with Guidata and journal
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1/1/03 (Susan Marks re: December 2002))
When Guidata came to me, she offered many opportunities for
participation. Her free spirit just required a pair of wings. As I chronicled in the
journal, I've experienced great integration of previous experiences and techniques and am
weaving them into each of the dollz. For Guidata's wings, I used a technique that I
"developed" (conjured with a touch of this and of that would be more like it):
painted Bondaweb, fused between 2 layers of chiffon, then machine embroidered, then
couching wire around the edge. I created this technique while creating a Lighthouse Angel
quilt for my dearest Aunt Betty, who loves lighthouses and who was diagnosed with ovarian
cancer. She is still going strong, and I offer Guidata's wings as a tribute to both of
them.
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1/1/03 (Susan Marks re: December 2002)
From her journal:
I really got in to the journal aspect of Guidata. Maybe it
was because of the extreme chaos in my life (in the middle of moving and remodeling)
or that my fabric studio was quite dismantled, or maybe because of late I've really been
drawn to journaling and paper-based art.
It looked to me like both Pam and Sherri had placed
pictures of their real or imagined grandmothers in Guidata's pouch. I thought she
was In The Company of Grandmothers. In the journal I pay tribute to my 2
grandmothers, my beloved Aunt Betty, and to many of the ideas I had for Guidata. Only some
have come to pass...maybe others will be picked up by other grandmothers who care for
Guidata.
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