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Meet The Artists<\/h1>\n\n\n
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Since childhood, art has been a passion of mine. I decided to follow my passion in post-secondary studies, and incorporate art into many aspects of my teaching career. I believe art, and a creation mind set, is a way of life, and finds its way into every corner of one\u201bs life, if one chooses to let it in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The process of printmaking is so organic and visceral. I feel it marries the two-dimensional and three-dimensional worlds of art together in a way that few other practices do. I love the way it feels to cut the linoleum blocks, to roll out the ink to just the right consistency, and because I lack a true printing press, I also love the pressure and strength I must place upon each print as I make it. An intention of printmaking is to have uniformity amongst one\u201bs prints; however, there are always slight variances in the thickness of line, and the texture of the ink, which makes each print unique in it\u201bs own way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I attended Ontario College of Art and Design and York University\u201bs Fine Arts Studio Program. I\u201bm inspired by my Kanien\u201bkehaka heritage and language as well as our connections to the natural world, also my family and the children I work with each day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Dish With One Spoon (My Eyes Can See Home)<\/h2>\n
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This work is a large-scale replica of the Dish WithOne SpoonWampum belt. The origins of the belt represent an agreement between Haudenosaunee and other nations over the mutual use and respect of shared hunting lands. The central purple form represents a dish of beaver, considered a delicacy and representing the bounty of the Earth, shared by all nations from one dish, with one spoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We share the resources of the Earth, and as such, we are the stewards and caretakers, responsible for the protection and sustainability for our future generations, as those before us did. This wampum is of particular importance, as we notice more and more references to it in various land acknowledgements and visual representations of Haudenosaunee culture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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This piece is created with wood reclaimed from the artist’s home built in 1869. 7 years prior to the creation of the federal Indian Act legislation. Bound together with deer hide, each of the 1198 beads has been individually treated and collaged with ephemera ranging from WWII-era newspapers, sewing patterns, maps, textiles, texts and illustrations from vintage children’s books, and collected pieces of personal significance to the artist.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Many of the snippets of paper ephemera make connections to the land, like the maps of traditional areas of the Haudenosaunee. Sewing patterns and images of x-rays speak to the intertwined relationship between body and land-particularly, the female body, of critical importance in Haudenosaunee cosmology. Settler relationships also center prominently in the paper snippets, with stereotypes of North American Indigenous cultures in children\u2019s stories and news reports, and recountings of events from old history books.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Reclaimed and repurposed materials also speak to the relationship and responsibility we have with\/to the land. The secondary title is derived from a child\u2019s creative writing about her senses-\u201cMy eyes can see home.\u201d This is a particularly resonant phrase, underlining the importance of our connections to our land and our relations, and the crucial role we must take in supporting and bringing our teachings forward to future generations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Meet Allison<\/h2>