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I combined my Hidden Depths flower (design by Lynn Firth) with 'Royal Chains Lariat' by Kelly Wiese (Beadwork Magazine Oct/Nov 2009). I added a brooch to the back of the flower so it can be worn on the lariat or as a brooch.
By using the form of a bandolier bag, worn in Anishinaabe ceremony and often gifted to respected people, Ace pay tribute to Alain Brosseau, a young waiter at the Chateau Laurier Hotel in Ottawa, who was brutally attacked and murdered by homophobic thugs while returning from work in August 1989. This violent hate crime shocked and galvanized Ottawa-Gatineau’s LGBTQ+ community. Ace memorializes Brosseau, while asking viewers to look more closely into local histories, and question what stories are readily available, and why others are obscured.
In her art practice, Partridge includes any available materials that are at hand – cloth, beads, discarded items – while her written and spoken words touch on what is happening in the world, including Indigenous issues. Apirsait are spiritual helpers, creatures found in Inuit Nunangat, who are called upon in times of need.
I carved this in response to a post about genocide in India.
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Anyone who knows me will know I have an interest in all things Japanese. Of course this extends into my beadwork. This is most of my collection of Japanese and some Chinese books and Magazines.
Speaking to strength of tradition and one’s ancestors, these Apsaalooké-style beaded cuffs are made from layers of Kevlar ballistic fabric, a material five-times stronger than steel. Not unlike the cuffs adorning the wrists of the Wonder Woman character (of past and present), these too are bullet proof, protective fashion accessories for facing colonialism and its perpetrators.
I bought this small (4"x6") jewelry box from a catalog that sells products made by indigenous people of various cultures. I don't remember where this was made, but I love the bead work. I've made a few necklaces with seed beads and I know it requires an abun-dance of patience to work with them.
For the All New Scavenger Hunt #3 - Beads.
In 2012, as an act of empowerment, Koski began beading over small kitsch figures depicting stereotypes of Indigenous Peoples, commonly found in tourist shops, toy store and theme parks. Ussing a technique called bead weaving, the artist wraps these co-called “native dolls” in a protective armour against the clichéd biases related to the inundation of such figures, leaving only their eyes revealed to gaze back at their observers. Koshi’s figures offer the viewer much to contemplate.