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Bazille Owen-Reese

Name
Bazille Owen-Reese
Tribe
Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin
Juried Classification(s)
Beadwork / Quillwork

SWAIA Booth History

SFIM25
LIN W 766
SFIM24
LIN W 766
WIM25
20

2024 Award History

N/A
Portfolio Example & Artist Statement
Bazille Owen-Reese

Although fluent in many beading techniques, my work focuses primarily on paaxge or diagonal bead weaving, a style traditional to the Ho-Chunk people. This process is one in which multiple waxed strings are used to pick up individual glass seedbeads, then the maker interweaves the threads with the beads to create a vertical weaving. I also create larger flatstitched works, primarily in the form of beaded handbags.