Last week’s Sistas Savve workshop
was facilitated by June Maru, a women’s rights activist from Bougainville,
Papua New Guinea with a passion for jewellery making. June taught the class how
to make paper beads from old magazines, which are made by coiling
strips of paper into different shapes and sizes. These are then varnished and
made into necklaces, bracelets and earrings once they are dry. The class have
since been getting very creative, with one woman using old newspaper to create black
and grey striped beads, while others use paint to create brightly coloured
beads. Everyone at the office is wearing our new beaded jewellery!
June really enjoyed the workshop,
writing that “it gave me so much encouragement to see their faces glow with the
recognition that they could actually make money out of waste paper”. June is very
involved in community projects around Honiara, and aims to give women the tools
and confidence to advocate and lobby on issues that are important to them.
Thanks June for sharing your amazing skills with us! Check
out June Maru’s other jewellery here:
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| Isabella from White River making beads out of newspaper, while modelling her own earrings and necklace |
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| Hanging the beads out to dry |
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| June Maru showing the girls how to varnish the paper beads. |
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