Qualeasha Wood, "Kirk Franklin Type Beat" (2024), woven jacquard, glass seed beads and machine embroidery (© Qualeasha Wood; courtesy the artist, Gallery Kendra Jayne Patrick, Bern and New York ...

Seed beads are now no longer in production ... spread out like a fan between the fingers to pick up the beads and a wooden tray called sessola. “Using the word impiraresse without giving ...

They would shape the beads using stone or wooden tools, so they were larger than the beads used today. Those beads were used to string into things like necklaces. First Nations people made a ...