Just about finished the octopus bag for the Pearl Ellis art exhibition on March 1st. I decided to tool a forget me not flower in its four live stages to match the four directions. North/winter vegetation, East/Spring flower buds, South/Summer flowers, West/Fall seed pods. The colours of the Métis sash were incorporated into the design.
The back features a birch bark braid pattern, signifying interwoven kinship networks as community.












