It's time for the ROLLOUT! We are stooooked at Heart Berry to bring your a new Winter Comfort Collection. We see you out there, trying your best. We are on the zoom meeting, out hiking, helping our kids with their schoolwork, and making the best of this time. We also love comfy, cozy, functional clothing. We are bringing you a new head to toe collection this November for gifts and for you. Our small Native owned business is working hard to get ready for the holidays 2020. Life may be different now, but as Native artists we keep pushing on into the future. Our first piece is the HB Work Shirt! Perfect for the zoom to the home work out. This rich burgundy warms the...
Why is Native Art from Native Artists Important?
Now there is an alternative to buying "native inspired" art like Pendleton and similar brands. As the first Native company to bring you wool blankets, our partnership with Eighth Generation has changed the conversation around why is Native Art Important and Why should Native artists be a part of business by creating the Inspired Natives Project which has lifted Heart Berry and other artists such as John Pepion up into bringing our own businesses and art to the market.
From our first blanket the Wool Renewal
To the Woodland Throws Made in the US
Read the Dwell article "The Pendleton Problem"
at https://www.dwell.com/article/cultural-appropriation-home-decor-pendleton-60491a02#:~:text=The%20Pendleton%20Problem%3A%20When%20Does%20Cultural%20Appreciation%20Tip%20Into%20Appropriation%3F&text=Designers%20weigh%20in%20on%20the,you%20could%20give%20or%20receive.
Our heart lies inside teaching and our community. Perhaps this part of our humanity is the deepest grieving during this time. The laughter, the stories, the transformation inside of cultural revitalization is the root of who and what we do. We had big plans! like many of you did in March. And like many of you, we had to get even more creative, more adaptive, and more resilient. Thanks to a grant from the Arrowhead Regional Arts Council we were able to teach an 8 week zoom beading and moccasin class. Co teachers Michelle Defoe and Sarah Agaton Howes gathered together with 20 makers in the making from across the nation. Challenging ourselves to teach what is a hands on...
Our IG Live series revs up this week with our conversation with Eighth Generation's CEO and founder Louie Gong. Louie shares about his vision as an artist, their collaboration with Heart Berry, and a tour of the Eighth Generation studio.
Watch it here:
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With @louiegong founder and ceo of @eighth_generation touch on topics like business, community support, and Louie’s Rez cat
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In our ongoing efforts to teach our cultural arts,
we created this diagram to aid Makers.
Need Patterns and photos step by step?
Check out our Nookomis Obagijigan book
www.heartberry.com/collections/all/products/nookomis-obagijigan-grandmothers-gift-moccasin-pattern-book
Also, check out our tutorials on YouTube!
