Designing Wearable Art from Indigenous Culture
Meet the designer making wearable art that comes out of Indigenous teachings and culture
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The jingle dress, a garment typically made with rows of cones that bounce and create percussive rhythm when their wearer performs, has its own back story in which the wearer performs a dance to heal sick or hurt members of her community. This is the history artist Tamara Lee-Anne Cardinal draws upon when she creates her own jingle dresses, just one part of her multidisciplinary practice that includes sculpture and performance along with her design of tea bag clothing.
Cardinal's cultural journey, art practice and advocacy for Indigenous rights in Alberta led her to Elders Darryl and Linda Brass. They gifted the artist with her traditional name, Mahihkan Acahkos Iskwew (or Wolf Star Woman), and now Cardinal is making a new jingle dress to celebrate its meaning. In this video, Cardinal tells you what the jingle dress means to her and gives you access to her studio as she begins work on her newest creation.
More on Tamara Lee-Anne Cardinal's work:
http://tamaraleeannecardinal.com/
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Designing Wearable Art from Indigenous Culture
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