2017 (Raw Hide, Sinew) Photography: Ratul Debnath Model: Skye Paul Hair/Makeup/Styling: Quach George A statement: Who’s patient am I? Giving Life is a collection of raw hide busts and hospital patient garb possessed by loss, failed systems and a lust for trust.
.11 delica beads, glass head pins Framed like preserved insects, my self-portrait series is of my uterus and vagina. Three beaded wombs. Fragility and evolution of body, identity and spirit.
Ontario is out of water and a pair of bandits search for their last hope – a water diviner by the name of Penn. Stories say she can crack the world like a coconut and make water bubble to the surface with nothing but her hands. But the bandits aren’t the only ones hunting her […]
LOOSE FIT, LIGHTWEIGHT FABRIC 65% POLYESTER/35% VISCOSE BELLA BRAND T-SHIRT, SILK SCREEN PRINT Sizes L $25.00 CADXL $25.00 CAD
REGULAR FIT, LIGHTWEIGHT FABRIC 50% POLYESTER, 25% COTTON, 25% RAYON CANVAS BRAND T-SHIRT, SILK SCREEN PRINT Sizes XS $25.00 CADL $25.00 CADXL $25.00 CAD
Sage Paul remembers her years at Gabriel Dumont, an Indigenous non-profit housing complex in Scarborough, in two very different ways. On the one hand, it was the setting of her carefree childhood, where she was immersed in her Aboriginal culture and enveloped by the protection of a tight-knit community. Today, through the experienced eyes of an adult, […]
.11 delica beads, caribou antlers, paint and resin Re-Dress (Redress) is an act of cultural repatriation. Sage purchased a pair of full-sized caribou antlers back from a hipster furniture store. With her mom, she re-dresses the antlers in a beaded peyote stitch. This piece was exhibited as a part of Indian Giver: Truth Telling and […]
mid-90s Pocahontas Nightgown, felt, .11 delica beads Deconstructing and reconstructing the image of Disney’s Pocahontas. I cut out and gave away patches from my nightie, asking those who lovingly accepted to tag the image in their social media feeds to build a distorted, digital quilt of Pocahontas with the hashtags #mypocahontas #sagepaul. Commissioned by Ditty Bag For Craft […]
Setsuné Indigenous Fashion Incubator and imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival are excited to partner on a new project! We are seeking rad visual art to print on imagineNATIVE’s 400 delegate tote bags that, for you, says: “gathering” or “meeting place.” We are calling out to all young, Canadian Indigenous women artists (16-35) to pitch […]
In creation (and to be complete Spring 2016), is the CL∆N Collection. Exclusively for the Setsuné Indigenous Fashion Incubator by Sage Paul, a preview of the collection in support of the Incubator. Community • Nation • Clan