Native Beaded Walking Stick
Bella D.
Leather, #11 seed beads, string, needle, wooden stick, sand paper, and varnish
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I got a redwood branch, sanded it, varnished it, glues a section of leather and went around the part I want to bead, usually towards the upper middle of the stick. Then I started the beading process, glueing the top of a string to the leather, going around with beads and beading each bead into eachother (a three bead drop peyote stitch) with different pattens, including creating my own humming bird pattern. I was taught this process by my Potawatomi grandpa, who named me nanokas (hummingbird), inspiring my pattern.
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To me, creativity is a way to express how you feel and what you enjoy, is beautiful and a great way to lifts people’s spirits.
