Laird taps into more familiar but ancient muses and genes transferred from his grandmother's craft. His works have intricate detailing and power dot patterns you'd find only in the most carefully crafted floral beadwork patterns and rich birchbark biting imprints. This innate ability to translate ...
Beadwork was integrated intoNative American artworkonce lifestyles started to change. A loom orappliqueembroidery was used to craft beadwork; the art of crafting beadwork was considered sacred, like a prayer. Any bead, even the smallest one, had to be recovered if it fell on the floor. The...
non-AmericanIndian, for this is the world of theBuffalo Billshows, television andmovieprograms, and fiction. From it came the buckskin and beadwork costumes, featheredwarbonnets, colourful porcupine quill decoration, and painted shields that personify the American Indian in the minds of most ...
(interlaced patterns of metal cast in a wax mold) in which animal and bird forms predominate. The polished jadework ofCosta Ricais famous throughout the Central American area. The beautiful “ax gods,” carved from green jade, must have been as sought after in ancient times as they are ...