In this snippet of our talk with American Indian artist Donald Montileaux, we discuss his latest series of masks - where his inspiration came from, how he feels about exploring new ideas in his wor…
What insight! In this snippet of our interview with Native American artist Donald Montileaux, he shares with us some of the meaning behind his work, what he enjoys about the art making process, tho…
In this episode, artist Donald Montileaux tells us why creating ledger drawings are culturally important to him and also explains his technique and the importance of good materials - ledger books,…
Every April for the past several years, Michael (from the Sioux Trading Post) and Dan (our General Manager) enjoy a few days away from the store and take a trip to Montana's Northern Cheyenne and Crow…
Here in the Black Hills, the beginning of Spring is marked by American Indian Awareness Week and Lakota Omniciye Wacipi at Black Hills State University in Spearfish, SD.This event is open to the publi…
The other day we chatted with artist Donald Montileaux and got an inside look at his studio - we looked at some amazing work, had the chance to see some of his drawings in progress, and also learned s…
Donald Montileaux's latest series of work explores the idea of a protective masks. They were inspired by his friend Dakotah Hollow Horn Bear's story about a Lakota ceremony:A long time ago, prior to t…
In our final Beading How To for the month, Michael demonstrates the Applique Stitch and shares a few tips to make nice, consistent stitches, help mark your place (its amazingly easy to loose your p…
Our Beading How To continues...in this episode, Michael talks about the best materials to bead on and shares a few tried and true tips for choosing/using beading patterns.
What to bead on
Leath…
Michael demonstrates Edge Beading…[he begins by showing a few examples of finished pieces with beaded edges and gives some detail about some unique edge beading he used on one of his bags]. On this…
What's the best way to hold your leather as you bead? What's the easiest way to work with loose beads? How do you load your needle with hanked beads? Do you have any recommendations for needle size…
In great detail and in vivid color…Michael demonstrates the Lazy Stitch beadwork technique.
Let's start here with the Lazy Stitch (I don't know how it got the name "Lazy" because its certainly no…
