Faculty of Design

Material Art & Design

Rubinder Kaur

Beaded Surgical Mask

This piece was created for a third-year Indigenous beading course. I chose to bead on a surgical mask to bring light and colour to an item that had become an everyday necessity during and post-pandemic, which is often associated with being sterile and negative. This piece was to reflect on how we as people can control our outlook on life and how we can make active decisions to better our environment for ourselves and others. Although beading on a mask renders it useless for actual protective usage, this piece is more to be worn as a fashion statement.