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Crossbost Harris Tweed
Ekukhuleni kwethu safundiswa ekhaya iminyaka embalwa, ngelo xesha umama wethu wayesenza ukuba sizame zonke iintlobo zemisebenzi yobugcisa belaphu kuquka ukucheba, ukufa, ukusonta nokuluka. Emva kokutyelela i-Isle of Harris okokuqala ndathandana noHarris Tweed kwaye ndaphupha ngokudala ilaphu lam. Umama wandithengela i-harris loom yetafile yosuku lwam lokuzalwa kwaye ndazama ngemisonto, imibala kunye noyilo. Ngexesha lolunye utyelelo kwiziqithi kwiminyaka embalwa kamva ndakwazi ukuthatha inxaxheba kwiseshoni yokusonta eyandisa umdla wam ekudaleni ilaphu lam.
Ndazithengela ivili lokusonta ndaqhelisela ukusonta, ndisifa owam umsonto, ndiluke amalaphu amibalabala. Iphupha lam lokuluka iharris tweed andizange ndicinge nzulu njengoko umbono wokufudukela kwiZiqithi wawubonakala ungafumaneki.
Kwiminyaka kamva, nangona kunjalo, ndandinqwenela ukuphuma e-Wirral, apho ndandihlala khona ngexesha leyunivesithi, kwaye ndandigalela amaxabiso epropathi xa ndabona, singakwazi ukuyenza. Ndaxelela umama nabantwana basekhaya ukuba mna nomyeni wam sasiceba ukufudukela kwiSiqithi saseLewis, kodwa bengazange baphoxeke bathi nabo baza kuza! Kulapho kwaqala khona intlantsi yochulumanco yokuba mhlawumbi ukuba ngumluki kwakungafumaneki kangako...
Kwiminyaka emibini ukuya phambili kwaye ndathenga indawo ephantsi eCrossbost kwaye udade wethu waye wathenga enye indlu edilikayo yecroft eRanish. Safudukela ekwindla I-2017, kwindlu engenakufudumala, i-insulation, i-concrete engenanto, iifestile eziphukileyo kunye nezitebhisi ezilahlekileyo! Iphupha lam lokuba ngumluki laqhubeka litshisa umqolo njengoko kungekho mali kwaye kungekho ndawo yokulukwa okwakuza kufuneka ndilinde.
Noko ke, kwiinyanga ezilishumi emva kokuba ndifudukile ndandincokola nomluki wasekuhlaleni kuloo venkile ndandithengisa kuyo iimpahla zam nobucwebe ndaza ndachaza umnqweno wam wokuba ngumluki. Ukuthetha naye kwaluvuselela olo vuyo kwakhona kwaye ndaqala ukujonga nzulu ukwenza iphupha lam libe yinyani. Xa kwaloo mluki mnye wandifowunela kuphela kwiiveki ezimbalwa kamva esithi undifumene intsimbi yokuluka, ndagqiba kwelokuba mandiyithabathe!
Ukusikelelwa ngomakhi wendoda sagqiba ekubeni sakhe ishedi yokuluka egadini. Eminye iminikelo yesisa yezixhobo, imali-mboleko yebhanki kunye nokunye okunzulu kokubhala kamva ndineyona shedi imangalisayo intombazana enokuyinqwenela!
Ngo-2018 ndaphumelela isiqwenga sam sovavanyo, ndavelisa umqulu wam wokuqala ohlawulelwayo wokusila ndaza ndahambisa i-loom kwishedi yam entsha, ngoku ndilukela olwam uyilo olwahlukileyo, ndithengisa elinye ilaphu kwaye ndisebenzisa eliseleyo ukwenza iimpahla zam, iibhegi, iimpahla zasekhaya kunye nezixhobo. Ngo 2019 ndafundisa usisi wam ukuluka. Emva kokuphumelela isiqwenga sakhe sovavanyo kunye nokuba ngumluki obhalisiweyo, ngoku uluka kwi-loom yam ukuze andincede ekonyuseni imveliso yam njengoko ndandinomntwana oyintombazana ngo-Epreli ka-2020 eye yanciphisa ixesha lam lokuluka ngandlel’ ithile!
Uyilo lweZiqithi zaseNtshona
Ndisengumntwana ndibenethamsanqa elimangalisayo lokuba nomama owathi ukusukela oko sakwazi, wasikhuthaza ukuba sithunge, sithunge, sipeyinte, sizobe kwaye sibhale. Ngeholide sasidla ngokugcina iidayari kunye ne-sketchbooks, ekhaya sasiza kudala iimpahla zamva nje zebarbies, sithunge iiwoli zethu zasebusika kwaye sipeyinte ihlathi elimangalisayo esasihlala kulo. Indalo yam yokuqala eyedwa yayiyingubo yebhola yesatin eneziqhuma ezipinki zikabarbie endandinebhongo ngayo. Ukususela ngoko ndandisoloko ndiphuma kumatshini wokuthunga ndizama. Eminye yale misebenzi yangaphambili ndijonge ngasemva kwaye ndiyacaphuka!
Ndineminyaka eli-19 ubudala ndisebenza kwivenkile yempahla yamadoda eBirkenhead, kwaye ukusuka apho ndazingelwa intloko ukuze ndilawule abathungi abazimeleyo apho nam ndenza utshintsho kwimpahla. Oku kundenze ndakwazi ukufikelela kwihlabathi lelaphu kunye noyilo, kwaye ndakha amava am okulinganisa, ukudala kunye nokuthunga iimpahla kunye nokundivumela ukuba ndithengise iibhegi, iibhatyi, ubucwebe kunye nezincedisi ngokusebenzisa ivenkile.
Ndenze iphupha lam lifudukele kwi-Outer Hebrides ekwindla 2017. Ukusuka kwi-studio yam kwidolophana encinci yaseCrossbost kwi-Isle of Lewis ndisebenza kwindalo yam. Ezi ke zithengiswa ngevenkile yam yesitudiyo, kwi-Intanethi nakwindawo yam eStornoway kwivenkile entsha ngo-2020, INdlu Engenanto!
Izacholo zeZiqithi zaseNtshona
Ukukhula kwiHlathi leDean kunye nokuchitha iiholide kwi-Outer Hebrides ndakhuthazwa yindalo ukususela ndisemncinane kakhulu. Ndandisoloko ndiqokelela amagqabi, amasetyana, amaqokobhe, amatye, amathambo anika umdla kunye neentsiba. Emva koko ucinga; ngoku ndenzeni ngalento? Ukwenza imiboniso, ukudala 'umdla' wobugcisa obunxitywayo kwaye ngokubanzi ukuxubha indlu ngendlela eyanelisayo. Emva kokufudukela kwi-Isle of Lewis kwi-Outer Hebrides ekwindla ka-2017 lo mkhwa we-magpie uqhubekile namathuba amangalisayo abonelelwa ziilwandle ezimhlophe ezigutyungelwe ngamaqokobhe athambileyo, anemibala kunye nokwahlukahlukana okungapheliyo. Ibingumnqweno wam ukubonisa iinkcukacha ezimangalisayo kwinqaku ngalinye elithe lakhokelela ekudalweni kweJewellery yaseWestern Isles.
I-Western Isles Art
Bendihlala ndizoba kwaye ndipeyinta kodwa bendingenalo uqeqesho olusesikweni ngaphaya koBugcisa beGCSE bendihlala ndicinga ukuba akukho mntu unokufuna ukuthenga imizobo yam. Ndithengise imifanekiso eqingqiweyo yezilwanyana zasekhaya ekholejini, kodwa leyo yayibubude bomsebenzi wam wobugcisa! Nangona kunjalo xa ndinyukela apha kuye kwafuneka ndizobe kwaye ndipeyinte izilwanyana zasendle kunye neendawo ezindingqongileyo kwaye emva kokwabelana kuFacebook ndinentengiso yam yokuqala emibini! Oku kwandinika ukuzithemba ukuba ndizame umsebenzi wam kumboniso wezandla wasekhaya kwaye bathengisa ngoko nangoko. Ukusukela ngoko izakhono zam ziye zanda kunye nokuzithemba kwam kumbandela wam, into eyanelisa kakhulu ukujonga emva. Ndiyakuthanda ukuthatha imbonakalo-mhlaba engqongileyo - ngakumbi amaxesha adlulayo afana nokuphuma kwelanga, ukutshona kwelanga, ikhephu, amaza njl.njl. kunye nezilwanyana zasendle zasekuhlaleni kunye nezilwanyana ezikroliweyo. Ndinezinto endizithandayo- iipuffins ngakumbi - kodwa ndiyakuthanda ukucelwa umngeni zizilwanyana ezitsha kwaye ndonwabe kakhulu ukwamkela iikhomishini zemiboniso ethile okanye izilwanyana zasendle.
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Uwama-2021 ibingunyaka oneziganeko ezininzi! Intombazana yethu uRosie-May yazalwa ngo-Epreli ka-2020 kwaye ngoku ibaleka ibangela isiphithiphithi kwaye ngokubanzi ifuna ukubandakanyeka kuyo yonke into endiyenzayo. Uyakuthanda ukuhamba nokuthunga, ukupeyinta, ukuzoba kunye nokudlala ipiyano. Eli xesha lonyaka belilelona lixakekileyo kwaye lelona lide, nabatyeleli abaninzi ukuya kuthi ga ekupheleni kukaOkthobha! Ngoku ndivulwe ngokuqeshwa kuphela ukusuka ngoNovemba ukuya kutsho ngowoku-1 kuEpreli ukuze ndinike ixesha elingakumbi noRosie. Sithetha nje silungisa iigusha kwaye sicwangcisa iminyaka ezayo yokuzala amatakane, kunye nokulungiselela iKrisimesi kunye nayo yonke imiyalelo yam ye-bespoke! Sijonge phambili kwixesha leziyunguma, ndiyathemba ukuba nonke ninexesha elilungileyo!
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