“Mesmerizingly Beautiful Beaded Art Captures the Bewilderment of This Time” by Beverley Gibson

February 11, 2022 5:00 am / Lauren Sinner

Sitting on a blanket under the African sun, Zandile Ntobela, holds the impossibly thin needle and threads it with black beading cotton. She pulls the black fabric onto her lap and gives the beads a haughty glance. They are minute, tiny little jewels glittering and shimmering in the sun, soon to be painstakingly stitched onto …