Beadwork is a pillar of Indigenous design. While various tribes hold different design specialties—the Navajo, for example, are best known for their weaving and textiles—much of the Native community ...

Designers are again embracing a style that dates back to antiquity. By Libby Banks With its bows, tiny shells, and glass flowers and hearts, Yona Kohen’s beaded jewelry requires a shift of aesthetic ...

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Rebecca Doxtator, owner of Otsitsidesigns in London, Ont., is among a new generation of Indigenous beadwork artists who've combined tradition with novel ways to create works of art. (Submitted by ...

Beading feels natural for Amelia Rivera. She sat down at a table in her apartment on Douglas Island in February, rhythmically threading two needles in and out of a piece she’s been working on recently ...

Beautiful beadwork connects to the past Traditional beadwork connects the past and present for Indigenous artist Cat Moore. In Indigenous communities across North America, beadwork artists gather to ...

Beading has a very long artistic and cultural history among the Indigenous people in Canada. At least 8,000 years before Europeans came to Canada, First Nations people were using beads in elaborate ...

Dana Benjoe shows off her hot pink heels decorated with turquoise beads at the school where she works. At special events, she sports regalia beaded with designs and colours inspired by her spiritual ...