“ The work stands not for me , but for all those who came before us and all whose faces we have yet to see .”
Karen Ann Hoffman is a Haudenosaunee ( Iroquois ) Raised Beadworker from the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin . Raised beadwork is an artform born of the Eastern Great Lakes . Her contemporary artworks feature modern materials in traditional styles . For Hoffman , her creations stand for all those who came before us and all whose faces we have yet to see .
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Portrait by Wisconsin Public Radio / J . Potter , artwork captured by © Field Museum