Textile and Fibre

Mashkiki Cloth

Mashkiki or Medicine cloth is two 10ft lengths of cotton muslin, embroidered with white cotton floss, and imbued with plant based medicines. Plant based medicines and the knowledge thereof has been undergoing a revival. But for Indigenous people, we have always remembered these medicines and their purpose in our lives. We have relationships to plants which came […]

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Life on a thread

I learned how to sew when I was a child. My mother believed that every person should have not only learning, but practice in practical skills. As such I learned how to sew on buttons, turn hems, and basic garment construction from as soon as I could hold a needle. My mother is artful, and […]

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