Water Call

Water Prayer is going to take 10,000 beads. So I'm putting out a call to invite bead submissions from around the world. I will keep a collaborator list of who has submitted beads and where they are from. I'm hoping to get a few collectives, and schools involved, as well as individual artists, crafters and anyone who has time on their hands to experience the meditative magic of making paper beads.
For bead making instructions, just google "making paper beads".
Most important: Your beads should be made of papers from consumer products that require the use of water. So no junk mail and magazines unless the paper refers to water in some way. I am using tea packages mostly, but also paper from water filters, labels from sauce jars, ferry schedules, etc.
I'd prefer to stay away from products that pollute water - so bubble baths and construction products are out - but I'm open to suggestion. Keep in mind this is an environmental project. I'm interested in increasing our awareness of water's sacredness, and that's something to meditate on while making the beads.
When you begin to realize how many of the products we use are water-related, it's overwhelming. When you begin to realize how many of those products also destroy the quality of water, you begin to think twice about using them. Chlorine bleach comes to mind.
Many of the instructions on the internet include some kind of medium that glazes the bead - but I'm not interested in beads that are using questionable chemicals. Keep it simple. Paper, white glue, string if you like (I have a few that I've wrapped string around for embellishment.)
If you're reading this and want to get involved, please drop me a comment. And I will let you know where to send the beads. This is an on-going project, so as of this date I have no deadline. But the project was proposed for an Exit Art exhibition, The Drop. So if it is accepted, which I will know in December, I will have a deadline to work towards.