This is a segment of one of my newest creations using recycled Kahlua Glass for my lampwork beads this week.
"Loves Kahlua, Loves Amber and Pink Ivory" will be in the gallery soon.
Note the smaller carved wooden bead made by Prescott's own Brenda Behrens. Brenda teaches wood carving and turning at Yavapai College and her beads are wonderful. This is one of her Pink Ivory Wooden Beads. [email protected]
Wikipedia writes: Pink Ivory (Berchemia zeyheri), also called Red Ivory, umNini or umGoloty, is a very rare African wood used to make luxury products (for example billiard cues and knives). The Pink Ivory tree grows predominantly in Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa. The wood is extremely hard and has a density of 990 g/dm³.
Pink Ivory is the royal tree of the Zulus because only the royal family were allowed to possess the wood. Anyone else possessing the wood (including foreigners) was said to be punished with death. (The death sentence was a legend started in order to increase the value of the wood when sold overseas.)