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themapper In reply to XELOTEN-XELET [2007-09-06 03:40:37 +0000 UTC]

Yes, this was done by my wife. It truly is a great job, I agree. Thanks for stopping to view it.

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themapper In reply to mistressmirandah [2006-01-19 02:24:55 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. I wish I had beaded it - I didn't. I drew the original pencil design, and my sweetie beaded it. Took me roughly 100 hours and her over 130 hours.

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themapper In reply to SalvationForSanity [2006-01-18 18:04:47 +0000 UTC]

There is in fact symbolism. The original, which is a pencil drawing about 1 meter across contains far more detail than the beaded version. I drew it to commemorate several generations of women on my mother's side of my family. We are a matrilineal culture, which means that we take our names, our territories, our histories from our mother's side.

The largest outer design represents my grandmother and her sister. There are inner designs (my Featured Deviation fits inside the circles you see in this one), which represent my mother and her maternal female cousins, and inside those are my sisters and their cousins, and inside those are their children.

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SalvationForSanity In reply to themapper [2006-01-19 06:19:51 +0000 UTC]

That is an incredible tribute to them. They must have been pleased to see it. Knowing the story behind it makes it that much more beautiful.

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themapper In reply to TheSorceress [2006-01-18 18:05:56 +0000 UTC]

It is beautiful, isn't it? I'm very proud to wear it.

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