Boho Dream Catchers

According to Konrad J. Kaweczynski, "Only good dreams would be allowed to filter through a dream catcher... Bad dreams would stay in the net, disappearing with the light of day. While good dreams would pass through and slide down the feathers to the sleeper."

This is a giant dream catcher - the circle is an actual hoola hoop. It has over 40 feathers, 30 beads and 20 charms. It is the very first dream catcher, handmade by Bohemia. It was done on commission for a customer and themed with his bedroom's colour scheme. 

But to pay due to the name Bohemia, we had to do some real Boho dream catchers.

Here are the first we made ... 

These are not the traditional, native american dream catchers. Instead of the net they have a mandala made of lace. Along with beads and feathers, they are also have string, lace and several charms. 

The entire embellishment is of organic material; wood, horn, coconut, feathers of non-endangered species and strings of hemp and organic cotton. 

They are 20cms in diameter and some are as 90cms long. 

If you would like to order your own dream catcher, contact Bohemia.

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Creating crafty & artistic dread beads

Last week we started working on new dreadlock rings. Since we want to have full freedom in creating various shapes and sizes, we are opting for a base material of polymer clay. This will also allow us to use many colours, textures and be able attach different organic stuff, such as shells, stones, gems etc.

Our previous stock consisted of an amazing collection from Nepal. The best sellers were bone and coconut. They all had interesting engravings of tribal and spiritual / religious symbols. Here are the last 4 rings that remain from the previous stock.

Clockwise:
1- Silver plated spirals ring (Eur 5)
2- Buffalo Bone large rings with lines (Eur 12)
3- Coconut ring with Buddha Eyes (Eur 8)
4- Brass ring with engraved circles (Eur 5)

Today I searched for some inspiration on the internet. We like to have a look at the creations other artists make. First of all to ensure that we do not create something which is already out there; and secondly, browsing other work provides inspiration. And when we breathe in inspiration, we eventually breathe out creativity! 

The new dread rings that KEEP CALM AND GET DREADLOCKS will feature will be keeping the same 'Tribal' theme, adding also a touch of 'Bohemian' and a pinch of 'Dark-adelic'  

Something between this:

and this

and this

And now let me share with you some beautiful work from other artists on Pinterest and Etsy:

Let's start with flowers

Playing with polymer to create special effects and textiles

 

 

Creating motifs and symbols

  

Embellishing

Mushrooms

  
Skulls

Characters and animals

Rainbow - simple, easy and effective!

And to finish off, here are some real cool dread rings.

Starting with this amazing Ganesha

Poetry on dread rings - this is definitely an original idea!
 

Shaped dread beads  - so cool

Also a very original idea - look like Scrabble marbles - create what you want!