It's been a while since my last tweet. But this is what I've been working on for the past year. It's slowly progressing. I plan to finish it in 2022. Dedicated to MMIWG2S.
'Bella' Covid19 display mask. It'll be a reminder of what 2020 was like for our future generations.
It's heading to the Harbourfront Center in TO ๐.
Contemplating about life, I thought about the things I faced in University, difficult, happy, stressful times, etc. But I also think about the accomplishments and leaving the Educational Institution with gratitude and my name on the Dean's list of academic excellence. ๐ค๐๐
It is complete. A gift for a friend who I consider family. It's called Family. Two original designs by Late Gracie Orr from Chisasibi, Quebec and redesigned into one by the late Gerti Murdoch from Waskaganish, Quebec. Gifted to Gerti's son Paul John. โค๏ธ
@robinparker_plg It was displayed last year at the OCAD gallery in TO. It is now housed at a museum in Ouje-Bougoumou, Quebec. It will possibly come back to Montreal this summer.
@IMStrong59 @christibelcourt It's beaded on a 40 year old caribou hide. My father's last caribou harvest. He stopped harvesting this relative because he noticed the populations were declining. It's a piece I cut out from My Grandmother's Garden.