Sayokla Williams
Sayokla Kindness
LAND BACK: Thanksgiving Haudenosaunee Land Protectors
TRIBAL AFFILIATION:
Oneida Nation
CLASSIFICATION:
Beadwork and Quillwork
BOOTH NUMBER:
FR S 322
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE:
I am a beadwork artist. To create my art, I use a variety of beadwork stitches and materials. Beadwork stitches: 1-needle, 2-needle, lazy stitch, bead weaving, brick stitch, flat peyote stitch, wrapping method, and raised beadwork. Materials include all sizes glass seed beads, in all colors and finishes including and predominantly Size 13 and Size 11 True Cuts/Charlotte Cuts, all imports. To create various projects, I may utilize: Needles, thread, sinue, Fabric, Interfacing-Pellon, animal fur and leather/vegan leather, ribbons (silk and satin), cotton cloth, wool, bells, bone, antler, shells (quahog, abalone, dentillium) mirrors, wood, paint, and lights.