Patricia Bourque, a photographer, had one of dozens of booths set up at the Indigenous Artisans Christmas Market at the Confederation Centre in Charlottetown on Nov. 26. - Logan MacLeanCHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — When Barbara Bernard was growing up, she used to watch her brother and cousin make things with beads. Her parents, too, were artisans, weaving baskets and hoops for lobster traps. But Bernard didn’t get into beadwork until she was 28.“I’m 62 now, so you do the math.
The craft fair circuit is nothing new to Bernard. After growing up in Scotchfort, Bernard moved to Charlottetown for about 10 years and used beading to support her family, she said. Barbara Bernard, a creative artisan from Abegweit First Nation, says she learned beadwork at the age of 28 after watching her brother and cousin. - Logan MacLeanToday, she carries on the craft more for fun than necessity, she said. Still, with inflation and the rising cost of living, Bernard noted the benefit of having supplemental income.
“These lanyards, I taught a bunch of women to do them in our community, and they were making them for conferences and stuff like that.”Miranda Crane, owner and operator of Knots by Miranda, says events like the market are important for Indigenous artisans. Crane, whose daughter and ex-husband are Indigenous, got into macrame at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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