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Heishe or heishi (pronounced "hee shee") are small disc- or tube-shaped beads made of organic shells or ground and polished stones. They come from the Kewa Pueblo people (formerly Santo Domingo Pueblo) of New Mexico, before the use of metals in jewelry by that people. [ 1 ]
Once conditioned, the clay will remain pliable until the particles eventually re-adhere. [8] Oven-hardenable PVC plastisol, "liquid polymer clay," is a complement to polymer clay that can be used as an adhesive to combine pieces, or to create various effects. Pigments, chalk pastel, and regular polymer clay can be added to make colored liquid clay.
Heishi may refer to: Taira clan of Japan, also known as Heishi (平氏) Heishe or heishi, disk-shaped shell, coral or turquoise beads, created by Pueblo people
Wanesia Spry Misquadace (Fond du Lac Ojibwe), jeweler and birch bark biter, 2011 [1]Native American jewelry refers to items of personal adornment, whether for personal use, sale or as art; examples of which include necklaces, earrings, bracelets, rings and pins, as well as ketohs, wampum, and labrets, made by one of the Indigenous peoples of the United States.
Kewa artists are known for their stonework jewelry, [18] including flat disks or beads called heishi, meaning "shell bead" in Eastern Keresan, which are often made into necklaces. [19] [20] Angie Reano Owen grew up in the Reano family of heishi beadmakers. She is a Kewa inlay jeweler and lapidary artist.
These beads were manufactured primarily in Bavaria. An iron rod, covered with a kaolin clay bead release, was dipped into the molten glass. The workmen would then separate small quantities of glass and form them into beads, which they slid down the length of the rod. The bead would be slid off into a warmer to anneal and cool.