Native quillwork, which she also works in, predates the use of commercial beads.

Jackson learned beading techniques from her grandmother Kathy Real Bird. Later, the moccasins would be worn by both of her daughters. Her first beadwork design, which she made as a child, was a small flower for a pair of baby moccasins. She incorporates innovative designs into her work, such as portraits of her ancestors and other detailed representational imagery. Quill and beadworker Karis Jackson uses the geometrical designs of the Crow on elk hides and other traditional materials for a range of wearable designs and ceremonial regalia. Her Summer 2022 collection, which includes sundresses, skirts, graphic tees, beaded flat bags, and jackets, reflects the cultural influence of the peoples of the Northern Plains. Her fashions are vibrant, colorful, and contemporary, and inspired by Indigenous design elements.

Good Day is a graduate of the Indigenous Studies program at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe and lives in her home state of North Dakota. An artist since age 6, Good Day began her career in textile art with beadwork and making tribal regalia before expanding into quillwork, ledger drawings, rawhide parfleche, and fashion design. Sought after fashion designer Lauren Good Day is an enrolled member of the Three Affiliated Tribes (Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara Nation) of the Ft. LAUREN GOOD DAY (Arikara/Hidatsa/Blackfeet/Plains Cree)

As trading posts proliferated across the Navajo Nation in the 19th and 20th centuries, it helped introduce Navajo silversmithing to a wider audience of collectors. By 1850, regional tribes were engaged in blacksmithing for commercial purposes. Early blacksmithing took off among Navajo and Pueblo peoples in the 19th century. A mostly self-taught silversmith, Sanderson's been exhibiting at Santa Fe Indian Market since 2002. Using hands-on techniques such as stamping, forging, casting, and finishing, he crafts contemporary designs that reflect an Indigenous aesthetic. Known for his bold, graphic designs and ubiquitous use of star motifs, Sanderson's jewelry is meant not just to be worn but to be seen. Glasses won the Best of Classification award in textiles at the 2021 Indian Market (his first in-person market) for an elongated poncho he designed, called Poncho for Days, using traditional weaving methods.īorn in Gallup, New Mexico, in 1964 and raised in Window Rock, Arizona, Cody Sanderson began making jewelry in 1999. Weavings were increasingly marketed to tourists and sold as decorative items starting in the late 19th century. Traditionally, Navajo weavings are utilitarian and include such items as blankets used as dresses, saddle blankets, cloaks, and similar items. Navajo upright looms are typically set up outdoors, with the vertical warp strung between logs suspended between trees or a wooden frame. Navajo weavings, such as the chief blankets and other designs woven by Glasses, are made using hand-gathered wool of the domestic Churro sheep and dyed using natural, hand-gathered pigments. The 33-year-old from Rock Point, Arizona, has been exhibiting, alongside his sister, Naiomi Glasses, at Santa Fe Indian Market since 2020, when the market was held virtually. Diné weaver Tyler Glasses learned to weave from his grandmother Nellie Glasses.

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