Beading on Velveteen/Velvet can be tricky, but it is beautiful and worth the extra work! Our tip today shows how we tack down tracing paper on velvet for easier beading/patterning. Keep an eye on our instagram Lives for deeper dives into Moccasin Making!
Did you miss our last tip?
The 2020 Duluth News Tribune Lifestyle Gift Guide features Heart Berry!
This year's gift guide brings together local artisans and this year has featured Heart Berry's Great Water Hoodie! We love this hoodie and no matter how many times we threaten to retire it we always bring the Lake Superior image back by popular demand.
Heart Berry is so excited to announce we have been awarded the Native Presence Mural for the new Springboard Arts building
Our project will launch in Dakota territory in St Paul! We decided to bring a collaboration forward with the incredible ledger artist Holly Young and photographer Nedahness Greene. Artists Howes and Young will collaborate on a piece bringing the story forward about the relationship between Dakota and Ojibwe people. Greene will create a series highlighting the tribal communities in Minnesota.
Stay tuned for updates and photos!
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Why is Native Art from Native Artists Important?
Now there is an alternative to buying "native inspired" art like Pendleton and similar brands. As the first Native company to bring you wool blankets, our partnership with Eighth Generation has changed the conversation around why is Native Art Important and Why should Native artists be a part of business by creating the Inspired Natives Project which has lifted Heart Berry and other artists such as John Pepion up into bringing our own businesses and art to the market.
From our first blanket the Wool Renewal
To the Woodland Throws Made in the US
Read the Dwell article "The Pendleton Problem"
at https://www.dwell.com/article/cultural-appropriation-home-decor-pendleton-60491a02#:~:text=The%20Pendleton%20Problem%3A%20When%20Does%20Cultural%20Appreciation%20Tip%20Into%20Appropriation%3F&text=Designers%20weigh%20in%20on%20the,you%20could%20give%20or%20receive.
Read the Feature in Today's Duluth News Tribune about Heart Berry!
https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/business/small-business/6602135-Cloquet-business-owner-donates-Duluth-Pack-manufactured-gear-to-Life-House-after-Ivanka-Trump-visit
