#quillwork

[lilybeanie-art]

scissor case

[thererisesaredstar]

Bubonic Plague | Influenza | Measles | Whooping Cough | Typhoid

Excerpts from First Nations artist Ruth Cuthand's Trading series of traditionally beaded micrographs.

[tsulasgi]

Skatne Skanekwen'tará:non

(Together/Unity Raspberries)

Waverli Thompson, 2026 - Akwesasne Mohawk, Wolf Clan

Size 13 beads, Size 13 tri-cut beads, 4mm gold beads, 6mm gold beads, 8mm gold and crystal beads, 8mm shells, gold cones, brain tan leather, and red dyed porcupine quills

"This piece symbolizes peace because it's the connection of the raspberries, growing together and weaving together to stay connected. All growing in peace and unbothered."

[thejewellerybox]

Lily Gladstone at the 2024 Oscars, wearing jewellery by Bulgari and Joe Big Mountain (Ironhorse Quillwork), a Mohawk, Cree, and Comanche artist renowned for his quillwork jewellery.

He also worked with Gucci's Creative Director, Sabato De Sarno, on Lily's gown.

Vogue: “It’s Not Just Mine”: Lily Gladstone on Her Historic Oscars Nod and Powerful Red Carpet Look

[neepinmoon]

Little late post but I beaded a floral poppy for my girlfriend in the military. ❤️

[aworldofpattern]

Lily Gladstone at the 2024 Oscars, wearing custom gown, a collaboration between Gucci's Creative Director, Sabato De Sarno, and Joe Big Mountain (Ironhorse Quillwork), a Mohawk, Cree, and Comanche artist renowned for his quillwork jewellery.

Styled by Jason Rembert.

Vogue: “It’s Not Just Mine”: Lily Gladstone on Her Historic Oscars Nod and Powerful Red Carpet Look

[agmagazinescans]

Looking for Indians by Janet Shaw

American Girl Magazine, Premier Issue

[Ko-Fi Donations]

[indigenouscontemporaryart]

Vanessa Dion Fletcher | Relative Gradient. 2020

Porcupine Quillwork Weaved in The Shape of Circle, Relative Gradient,  Circle That Have Been Dye Yellow, Red, Brown and White on White Paper. Circular Form, Multi-Colored. 

Vanessa Dion Fletcher is a Lenape and Potawatomi neurodiverse Artist. Her family is from Eelūnaapèewii Lahkèewiitt (displaced from Lenapehoking) and European settlers. She Employs porcupine quills, Wampum belts, and menstrual blood, to reveal the complexities of what defines a body physically and culturally. Reflecting on an indigenous and gendered body with a neurodiverse mind, Dion Fletcher creates art using composite media, primarily working in performance, textiles and video.

“I employ porcupine quills, Wampum belts, and menstrual blood to reveal the complexities of what defines a body physically and culturally. Reflecting on an indigenous feminist body with a neurodiverse mind, I create art using composite media, primarily working in performance, textiles and video. I look for knowledge embedded in materials and techniques. Embodiment and visual art allow a reprieve from the colonialism and ableism of English. My interest in communication comes from my lack of access to my indigenous languages (Potawatomi and Lenape), and as a person living with a learning disability caused by issues with short-term memory. This perspective of language and communication is fractured and politicized. Honoring that my body and mind are not separate I address the socio-political representations and implications of menstruation, reproduction and the biological body.”