num_pages: 70
description: Beads They're Sewn So Tight takes up the depths of social and political relations expressed through beadwork including living traditions family and community networks embedded in the visual language of pattern and surface design. Artists Bev Kiska Katie Longboat Jean Marshall and Olivia Whetung employ distinct techniques in their approach to using beads and thread. From bead weaving to loom work and bead embroidery their artwork threads through formal concerns of colour and design while exploring issues critical to Indigenous people.
language: English
title: Beads, They're Sewn So Tight
publisher: Textile Museum of Canada