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Crow’s Medallion, 2025
Crow’s medallion, 2025. Size 11 and 15 glass seed beads, nylon thread, felt, hide, paracord. A gift for my beloved friend Crow, depicting a crow claw-print.
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Landscape, 2024
Landscape (50.4° N, 98.1° W x 50.1° N, 97.6° W), 2024. Size 11 glass seed beads, 24k gold-coated beads, thread, felt, hide. 8×9”. A beaded topographical map using a “bead tufting” technique, exploring one corner of the Métis homeland: the St. Laurent area. I used coloured thread for each section…
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Principle of Correspondence, 2023-2024
Principle of Correspondence, 2023-2024. Seed beads, nylon thread, needles, pigskin split hide. 12 x 12 inches. Originally an artistic response to Monique Fillion’s exhibition “Embedded” for Martha Street Studio in the summer of 2023, expanded for Reverberations: 40 Years of MAWA’s Foundation Mentorship Program, a group exhibition at Mentoring Artists…
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Medallion, 2024
Medallion, 2024. Seed beads, nylon thread, yarn, velvet, hide. 10 x 4 inches. A goodbye present for a dear friend of mine who left Winnipeg.
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Anita, 2024
Anita, 2024. Seed beads, nylon thread, wire guardians. 10.5 x 5 inches. This piece is an homage to a legendary Winnipeg drag artist who has supported our city’s queer community for decades, Anita Stallion. It is handwoven using ladder stitch and flat herringbone stitch. I used about 25 different shades…
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Jennine, 2023
Jennine, 2023. Seed beads, nylon thread, wire guardians. 10.5 x 5 inches. This piece is an homage to my mentor and a legendary Métis beadwork artist, Jennine Krauchi. It is handwoven using ladder stitch and flat herringbone stitch. I used about 25 different shades of size 11 Miyuki beads to…
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Over Hell, 2023
Over Hell, 2023. 3 x 24 inches. Seed beads, nylon thread, silver guardians, smoked hide.
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Medallion earrings, 2023
Medallion earrings, 2023. Seed beads, nylon thread, hide, felt. A large pair of statement earrings created to wear at Pride Winnipeg 2023. The pattern is a recreation of a floral design on a beaded wall hanging made over 100 years ago, currently stored in the Manitoba Museum archives.
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Elma, 2023
Elma, 2023. Seed beads, nylon thread, wire guardians. 10.5 x 5 inches. This piece is an homage to my grandmother and the matriarch of my family, Elma Houssin. It is handwoven using ladder stitch and flat herringbone stitch. I used about 20 different shades of size 11 Miyuki beads to…
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