In this episode, Jocelyn is joined by Anna Lambe, an actor and beadwork artist from Iqaluit, Nunavut. Anna has appeared in Three Pines on Amazon Prime, Trickster on CBC, True Detective, Alaska Daily, Diggstown, and more. She started beading during the pandemic and has become a skilled artist and designer of jewelry, primarily making beaded earrings in two-needle flat stitch and brick stitch.  

Anna and Jocelyn discuss how Anna got started with beading, her design process, how she shows love to family, friends, and community through beading, and her love for the Indigenous beadwork community online. She also explains how her practice as a beadwork artist compares to her practice as an actor, and Anna and Jocelyn discover that they each performed in only one play in high school - and it was the same one!

After the episode, go to @sidecraftspodcast on Instagram to see photos of Anna’s work!

Follow Anna on Instagram @anna.r.b.lambe. 

The beadwork artists we talked about include: 

Only Child Handicrafts - https://www.onlychildhandicrafts.com/ - Instagram: @onlychildhandicrafts

White Otter Design Co (Jaymie Campbell) - https://whiteotterdesignco.com/ - Instagram: @whiteotterdesignco

Astro-Knot (Krystal Cox) - https://astro-knot.co/ - Instagram: @astroknotco

Blu Hummingbird - https://bluhummingbird.ca/ - Instagram: @blu_hummingbird

Lisa.Beading (Lisa Walker) - https://www.lisabeading.com/ - Instagram: @lisa.beading 

City NDN Beadwork (Jana Schmieding) - https://www.cityndnbeadwork.com/ - Instagram: @cityndn.beadwork