Alanna Edwards

if i bead it, is it art? short answer yes, longer answer maybe, 2021.

beadwork on the back of the album Creation Never Sleeps, Creation Never Dies: The Willie Dunn Anthology, 2020/2021.

cover of jordan abel’s 2020 second edition of “un/inhabited” featuring page 183, 2019, collage.

for carl (my beaded christian dior underpants), 2019
hand stitched, beaded, and embroidered underwear. tulle, fringe, thread, embroidery thread, seed beads, bugle beads

little warrior and sun mask, by appointment only – winter 1976, 2019
vintage native art magazines, paper, glue

all my eggs in one basket, 2019
recycled keno and lotto tickets

she came from planet powwow (but she can’t dance), 2018 ph. Steve Lee
dismantled and hand-sewn fake nina ricci purple fur cape, seed beads, thread

mam n me, 2018
latex, moss, seed beads, thread

disassembled totem of a low blood-quantum indian, 2018
red cedar welcome pole offcuts

gawi’g, 2018
cotton fabric, paint

my children, 2017-present
birchbark, bracket fungi, moss, halloween wig, dollar store plastic plants, woven walmart plastic bags, paper, seed beads, 3d doodle pen, copper wire, porcupine quills, fringe, ash splints, sequins, gorilla glue

mi’kma’ki, 2017
seed beads on felt

this is authentic series, 2016 – 2017
birchbark, suede, porcupine quills, silicone, moss

burlap series, 2016
burlap, found charcoal from a fire

untitled, 2016
red cedar, corn husks

ashlee, 2016
yellow cedar