Inkaya Studio

An IZINTU Exhibition portrait of @harrietlukiya wearing a special Sishemo Beads piece made by @hassan.yasini.1 during our Mulilo Workshop at @sishemobeads during the residency period in July.

This workshop was centred around the power of fire as a technology, one which has the ability to transform not only materials but also relationships between people. In many cultures across Zambezia, Mulilo is the place to unfold, to share stories, to listen to all that surrounds us, to alchemise.

At Sishemo, this became a space for making, remembering and being together. Glass, once discarded as waste, was transformed through heat and care into something to be worn, carried and cherished. The process reminded us that transformation is rarely only about the material itself. It is also about the hands that gather around it, the knowledge exchanged, and the relationships that are formed in the process.

This piece carries something of that fire with it.

IZINTU: Ancestral Currents is on view in Lusaka until 30 September 2026.

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