Breannen Allison founded Thimbleberry Designs. She talks on how coming to know her Cree & Métis heritage led to Thimbleberry & how art, family, culture, sustainability & truth & reconciliation combine in her business.
Breannen Allison founded Thimbleberry Designs. She talks on how coming to know her Cree & Métis heritage led to Thimbleberry & how art, family, culture, sustainability & truth & reconciliation combine in her business.
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Artist & entrepreneur Breannen Allison founded Thimbleberry Designs; she creates one-of-a-kind beaded fashionwear. She talks about how coming to know her Cree & Métis heritage led her to found Thimbleberry & how art, family, culture, sustainability & truth & reconciliation combine in her business.
More from Breannen in this episode:
- The discovery her family made when her grandmother passed away & learning about their history
- How Breannen learned beading, its traditional role & modern role in her business
- The power of blending art, culture & business to reshape historical legacies & honour family & traditions
- What inspires Breannen artistically & how she creates wearable pieces
- How Thimbleberry addresses upcycling & environmental sustainability
- How artist networks & deliberate consumers can support Indigenous artists & economic & cultural resurgence
- Truth & reconciliation; why truth before reconciliation
Thimbleberry Designs is on Facebook & Instagram & on the Thimbleberry website from this fall.
Photo used with permission, ©Breannen Allison 2021.
Thanks to ZapSplat.com for music in this episode.