Exhibition Theme: Outside of the BOX

Bag: Métis Beading

For First Nation 303, a First Nations art course, I created this bag for my final project. The theme of our exhibition was Thinking Outside of the Box

I choose the colour green as a representation of my life at the period of time. I spent a total of 34 hours beading the flowers, which was the longest part of creating the project. The flower pattern represents the wild rose, a common Métis symbol. The four open flowers represent me, my mom, my sister Chaille and my sister Cherie. The two flowers that look like a bud, represent my dad and my brother.

The white beading around the outside of the flowers is a traditional Métis expression that used in beading. Colour contrast is a very important thing about beading; traditionally, the inside colours had to be lighter colour (I cannot remember the reason). The one colour they suggest not to use is the colour pink because it bleeds.