Meet Kaitha Het Heru
The Tradition Continues...Dream Weaver. Beauty Maker. Textile Artist. Artisan. Master Weaver of Khamit Cloth. Creative Visionary. Blogger. Author. Muse Mentor.I am a native New Yorker, born and raised in the Village of Harlem, New York. As a very young girl, my parents introduced me to a rich cultural inheritance: my native Afrakan American history, and my ancient Afrakan Khamit (pre-Egypt) spiritual and cultural legacy.My appreciation and love for Afrakan, and other cultures, music, art and craft, ancient symbols, and Goddess-centered spirituality, awakened the artist within me.
My Mother’s Hands
“Blessed be the works of thine hands.”
I photographed my mother’s hands several years ago while we were sitting out on the porch taking in some sun.
It was my grandmother, and my mother who taught me the ancient Needle Art and Craft of sewing, knitting, crocheting, pattern making and ‘ting” when I was knee high to a grasshopper, as old folks would say,
Beauty. Every Day...Feeding My Soul...There is something soothing and meditative about the rhythmic movement of the beater on my loom as I create cloth one thread at a time; the hum of the sewing machine connecting cloth to cloth; the clicking of knitting needles; the smoothness of a crochet hook; and the feel of wet clay on my hands that heals my body, calms the mind and feeds my soul.In creating The Master Peace Collection, A Woman's Work: My Art & My Textiles, I am expressing my heart's song; in addition, I am celebrating the ancestral voice, spirit, and vibrancy of my Afrakan culture, and the holy-ness of The Earth Mother.I believe that when we notice the beauty in everyday life, it reconnects us to the Well-Spring of Creativity, The Source-eress, and reminds us of the sacredness of Planet Earth.