Description
Starting August 2024
Join us as we create exquisite works of traditional art with this 2 month wall pocket intensive. This program will not only walk you through each step of creating a wall pocket, but we will dive deep into the cultural process of creating traditional art, teachings around connection to home, and growing together as a cohort of artists.
This is an advanced program for experienced beaders.
This project will take between 40 and 60 hours to complete, please sure you have adequate time (at least 4 to 5 hours a week).
We will meet on Zoom twice a month for 2 months as we create our wall pockets.
There is an optional materials kit for this cohort which includes;
- Velvet
- Stabilizer
- Reproduction 1800s cotton print liner
- Size 13 beads (10 strands) in several colors as your base of beads
- Beading thread
- Beading needles
- Solvy pattern paper
- Silk binding tape
These are premium materials kits and you can purchase more basic materials at a lower cost locally if you prefer.
Natalie Pepin
Taanishi! Dishinikawshon Natalie Pepin. I am a Metis woman in the Tawatinaw Valley in Alberta, Canada. I support indigenous people who are reclaiming their indigenous roots to connect with their culture through learning the traditional skills, arts, stories and teachings of our ancestors. I support indigenous people, who are severed from their traditions by legacy and trauma of colonization, who are discovering that their culture is beautiful. I teach indigenous arts workshops such as beading, moccasin making and brain tanning as a means of reconciliation and reconnection.
