I am constantly experimenting with new ideas in order to create unique one-of-a kind pieces that are hand beaded using seed beads. My pieces do not pay homage to a specific flower, but more so to the people that created these beautiful historical beadwork patterns using stylized florals and greenery and most often done on black or very dark cloth, completed the original works on black velvet or black melton cloth. I reside alongside the South Saskatchewan River, which has consistently been my inspiration. Everything stills works together just as well as a mirror image, so that elements work and fit together in a seamless whole. I looked at how this compares to balance in nature, flowers that are incorporated in beadwork designs which are ‘imperfectly” balanced. Inspired by historical beadwork pieces of the Red River Metis people, I am inspired by the historical beadwork which was typically designed with reflection symmetry, where everything is mirrored around a central vertical or horizontal axis. Through my beadwork, I explore the traditional scrolling floral beadwork traditional to michif people of my nation. I am drawn to beadwork and compelled to keep this tradition alive. I am a bead work artisan, I have been beading and sewing since I was very young. Czech Seed beads on wool, backed with commercial tanned soft Moose hide.ĭesigned and beaded in the SS River Designs sewing studio by Christine in St Louis, Saskatchewan, Canada
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