LoveAlaskaDesign

NO CUSTOM ORDERS, please read!
Kalhwa7acw/aang/hello!
Kukwstumckacw/qagaasakuq/thank you for your interest in my beadwork and art- all the support is greatly appreciated! I come from a family of many crafty matriarchs- my 90 year old St'at'imc grandma still beads to this day. Beadwork allows me to connect with my cultures and my ancestors, and brings me tremendous joy.
I get multiple requests daily through Etsy and across my social media channels for custom work, so I thought I'd take a moment to address the reasons I have chosen not to do it. I have always been an artist, ever since I can remember- even having an art scholarship for my first stint in college. When I was a small child, my great great aunt Hattie would sit with me at a tiny table and create masterpieces with me. My grandmas taught to me sew, crochet, and bead, so beadwork and crafts invoke special memories for me.
When we owned a tattoo studio, I was excited... at first. But the haggling process, and attempts at bringing to life the designs of someone else, turned it into a chore. I found that I was no longer expressing my own creativity, it had merely become a monotonous job.
Since beadwork truly is medicine for me, and it's a way of connecting with my family, cultures, and ancestors, it's very sacred. I don't want that to change- ever. I don't want to risk beadwork becoming a "chore." Further, all my pieces are created with positivity and meditative thought. I don't want to create pieces with negative, or even neutral, thoughts.
I may change my mind at some point, I'll let my ancestors guide me. For now, and for the foreseeable future, as I want to create the best possible and send out only good medicine... I do not do commissions/requests/custom work.
Kukwstumckacw/qagaasakuq/thank you for your understanding!
Sending much love and happiness to all! :)