Meg Elaine Veitenheimer - Trapezoid Brick Stitch Earrings Jose Flores and the ancestral traditional practices

and the ancestral traditional practices of my tribe

The bead work takes many hours to do & complete

For thousands of years

Black Heather Women's tee

As we strive to preserve our language and the legacy of our ancestors

Meg Elaine Veitenheimer - Trapezoid Brick Stitch Earrings Jose Flores and the ancestral traditional practicesArtist Statement: Meg Elaine (she her) is a mixed Anishinaabe artist, enrolled with Red Lake Nation. Meg experiences beading as an act of cultural reclamation and to heal generationally. The name of her jewelry line, Nelie G. Mae, was created by making an anagram of her first and middle names. She views her beadwork as wearable art and hopes each piece can support the empowerment of expression in each wearer. Meg is primarily self taught in her