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Adapted for the Idle No More movement to raise awareness around CITIZEN rights.

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I originally created this design to express how I see this country we call 'Canada'. Canada is often referred to as a 'mosaic or tapestry of multiculturalism', and for me as a textile artist I thought it would be fitting to take the idea of a tapestry and the flag of Canada, and apply my own cultural and artistic practices to it.

I transformed the iconic Maple Leaf into a Raven; I chose Raven because he is known in many of our legends as a Transformer, a Messenger and a Trickster. I thought this would be an interesting and intentional use of symbols to challenge our thinking around the body politic and its intentions.

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This was created in my Creative Process class.
It is a self portrait/transformation piece.
Here, I am transforming first from myself into a totem-pole figure, and back again. The inspiration for the totem figure comes from my family's totem-pole carving traditions from the Kwickwasutaineuk, 'Namgis and Kwagiulth branches on my father's side of the family.