About Kaylyn
“Kaylyn, who is Northern Tutchone and Tlingit, beads and tufts earrings, pendants, chokers, bolo ties, cuffs, and more. Her creations use traditional techniques, but her colour and pattern choices are dizzyingly anti-conventional. She often incorporates high-contrast black and white quillwork into her flowers. And, she’ll often give each petal an entirely different treatment; beaded stripes, then orange tufting, then neon pink. Sometimes her tufts are multi-colour, resembling tie-dye or even graffiti-style spray-paint. For this technique, Kaylyn learned hair-dying tips from her hairdresser and applied them to caribou hair. As she also incorporates gems, metallics, crystals, gold – each piece becomes an audacious garden, a feast for the eyes.⠀ Her work though, is more than aesthetic experience. Each piece is inspired by a memory or a story or a friend. ‘I heard a phrase one time – symphony of thoughts – that I really like,’ says Kaylyn. ‘It is what my pieces are. So many textures, never flat. I give myself permission to try things. I do whatever I feel like in the moment!’”
Write up by: Sarah Swan
Dintth'in: Fire Starter
In Northern Tutchone dintth'in means the dry brush used to start a fire. I would love to be able to have created 10 outfits per season & thought that starting with 2 was a good way to start that dream. When you're building a fire you need that dry brush to carry the flame to the bigger pieces, so it catches & is able to stay lit. I thought of this project as starting smaller & making an impact that creates anticipation for my future projects that can grow larger. Within this collection I decided to revisit my childhood love of writing poetry, my new love of sound, and combine that with beadwork & the term 'wearable art' to blend traditional & contemporary designs that would tell stories & memories from my childhood. Since this collection is seasonal, I decided that I would also combine that with apparel using designs and inspiration from the two outfits in that season.
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Dintth'in: firestarter fall collection
Hunting & Gathering
I was out for a cruise when my cousin saw moose & my grandpa didn't believe him. I don't remember if he cried, but my cousin didn't lie & soon after my grandpa shot it. I tried to be brave, when I seen that big moose face, but I never really seen that before. It's tongue was off to the side, my eyes were so wide, as grandpa showed us what to do. That was one of my first hunting experiences that I can remember. It was crazy to see, but I knew I loved dry meat, so I stood there quiet & waited.
Another time I was in the woods with my mom when she randomly screamed, "wahoo". We were out picking berries & although it was scary, I thought it was just something you do. Pick, pick, wahoo! So I did it too, thought we were having fun with those berries. I later found out, when she'd let out her shout...It was for bears..Not for berries. That was one of my first gathering memories.
Hunting & Gathering Cont.
Artist Statement: This poem was created to highlight some of my earliest memories out on the land with my family. The artwork is meant to depict a successful hunt from the front with the moose hide camo vest and sheared beaver "velvet" on the antlers & a fashion statement from the back with beadwork inspired by the entire hunting experience & the land.
A Storyteller's Pride
Beaded memories
Digging around for something
I know she sees me
Artist Statement: I chose a haiku for this piece because I felt like it would have an unspoken bond feel. My great great grandma Angela Sidney was a famous story teller. She also gave me my Tlingit name & told my mom I would "always be digging around looking for something." The idea with the artwork was that she sees me telling stories with my beadwork & living up to my name, so she smiles down from her Tlingit Aurora of seaweed patterns & ermine fur.
dintth'in fall collection: autumn & aurora
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