Utilizing Beadwork, an Artist Encounters Her Mother’s History in the Child 'Welfare' Record

Utilizing beadwork, an artist encounters her mother’s history in the child ‘welfare’ record

Krystle Silverfox uses straight lines of colourful beads to cover names, places and events recorded in her mother’s Sixties Scoop files. On the art pieces, printed headlines and handwritten notes remain with information relevant to the family’s journey in the…

Utilizing beadwork, an artist encounters her mother’s history in the child 'welfare' record

For her body of work titled 'Apprehension,' Krystle Silverfox fashioned colourful beads over Sixties Scoop records as a means of responding to a difficult family history