.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 […]
2014 Spring Collection The Strawberry Girls Spring Collection is my third collection and a reminisce of my Berry Fast. The Berry Fast is a coming-of-age ceremony to learn the teachings, importance and responsibilities of being a woman – an important acknowledgement because sometimes I long for those days of being a kid, and sometimes I […]
Costume Design (Weesageechak) by Sage Paul Wakening by Danis Goulet: In the near future, the environment has been destroyed and society suffocates under a brutal military occupation. A lone Cree wanderer Weesakechak searches an urban war zone to find the ancient and dangerous Weetigo to help fight against the occupiers. Watch the Trailer
2013 Creative Direction, Fashion Photography Water could soon be a commodity. War continues, irrationally. Media is on the pulse of political scandals. Vital species for our existence are disappearing. This series of photos sees clashing forces coming together in unity to build strength; working together to reinvigorate a positive and sustainable way of being and overcome […]
Costume Design by Sage Paul 2012 – SPEAKEASY OR ELSE Directed by: Herbie Barnes Performers: Mason Bison, Darla Contois, Charlie Chaboyer, Anthony Gladue, Micheal Healy, Ange Loft, April Seenie, Garret C. Smith, Donovan Tail Feathers, Alex Twin
2012 Fall Collection A diptych of wearable art and ready-to-wear fashion collections. This series of plexi-glass regalia and chiffon clothing is a reflective synapse for an urban Indigenous experience. The Synaptic City Collection exhibited at Planet IndigenUS 2012. Dancer and model would convene and exchange their the clothing. An intersection for contemporary and traditional exchange. Choreography by Justin Manyfingers with […]
The End of Summer Collection pairs soft, muted colours with flowing georgettes and dark denim. Illustrating a fusion of environments, the collection’s construction is contoured, yet organic in its flow and tone; an interpretation of man-made vs. natural. The collection evokes whimsical settings
Wardrobe (Miss Eagle Testickle costume) in collaboration with Sage Paul Robin’s Hood 2007, 05:53 minutes, colour Robin’s Hood is the final chapter in a trilogy of the adventures and histories of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle, a wandering artist from the Great Plains of North America, who journeys far across the seas to study the unspoiled European […]
Costume Design, Festival Campaigns and Trailers (2005, 2006, 2008)