ALICE KOLOKOLO FLORAL CLAY EARRINGS
A lice became a stay-at- her job as executive officer to the late MP for Sumkar (Madang) Chris Nangoi to focus on her family, including fourth baby Grace, who needed close care as she was born premature the next year. She initially sold meri blouses for extra income, then, with Grace turning six months last August she looked for something she could do creatively at home and started experimenting with making oven-baked polymer clay earrings. Her pretty floral designs, the delicate petals cut from clay with a stencil knife and embellished with varnished
coconut shell for a Pacific island
home mum in 2022, leaving
feel, soon attracted attention online through her FB page Jadasha Grace Collections (taken from her children’s names Jael, Jedaiah, Elisha, and little Grace). The earrings also made their runway debut on August 19, worn by models in the PNG Fashion & Design Week show. So far Alice has tackled such distinctive PNG flowers as Highlands peace lilies, periwinkles and bird of paradise tropical heliconias, and has also made themed batches for Independence,
Christmas (gingerbread houses and striped candy canes) and breast cancer awareness with a pink ribbon. She has since expanded her range to include beaded bracelets, and printed tshirts and hoodies. – Jadasha Grace Collections
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