Teri Greeves was born and raised on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming among the Shoshone and Northern Arapaho .
Teri’s mother, Jeri Ah-be-hill, owned a trading post on the reservation while Greeves was growing up. “By repeating to customers what I heard her saying when she was selling to and educating the public,” Teri says, “I unknowingly gained a broad knowledge of different beadwork from tribes around the US.”
Blending the abstract, geometric tradition of Kiowa beadwork with the more pictorial style of the Shoshone, Greeves has developed her own visual language.
Greeves has become an award-winning beadwork artist, mostly known for her fully-beaded tennis shoes, which feature Indian pictorial elements.
“I must express myself and my experience as a 21st century Kiowa and I do it, like all those unknown artists before me, through beadwork,” Greeves says.
“And though my medium may be considered ‘craft’ or ‘traditional’, my stories are from the same source as the voice running through that first Kiowa beadworker’s needles. It is the voice of my grandmothers.”
Her work is fun and amazing, pulling on the tradition of her ancestors to keep her flowing through modern times.
More of Teri Greeves‘ unique beadwork can be found at https://www.terigreevesbeadwork.com.
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Too good loved her work, Claudia
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And sooo different! I came across her when looking for beadwork, and I found her shoes much more unique than jewelry! (although that work is spectacular, too!)
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Superb and what an amazing art, Claudia. Loved her work. Too good.
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