An Honest Living, Part 2

My shopping adventures continued this week. (Read about last week’s shopping adventures in An Honest Living, Part 1.)

Beadwork is a specialty craft in South Africa. Everywhere I go, I see men sitting on street corners bending wire into animals, trees, keychains, etc., and decorating the wire with beads. Seventh Street in Melville is a particular hotspot for these artists, perhaps because there is a bead shop at the corner of 7th Street and First Avenue.