The impact and reaction has been immediate.
Dante Biss-Grayson, Sky-Eagle Collection creative director. The connection of MMIW and the red hand has a connection to the spirit, and I try to convey this strength in my designs,” he said. “The red hand is a very powerful image, and in my tribe, we have used this symbol in our ribbon work and blankets. He started the design after researching and learning more about the MMIW epidemic. The idea is to create medicine bundles with skirts and the hope is that these bundles give good medicine to the recipient.” “Recently, one of the outcomes of this project is ‘The 400 Ribbon Skirt Project.’ The project is to design 400 ribbon skirts and donate all of these to battered women’s shelters on reservations in the U.S and Canada. “I have donated many skirts to individuals and advocacy groups to help them on their journeys,” Biss-Grayson said. A large handprint graces the front, while silk ribbons run across the bottom and crosses adorn the sides. Made in limited edition batches, the skirts come in red, black, yellow or turquoise, colors that honor the four directions and Native palettes. If I am able to support advocacy groups and get more awareness for this issue via my artwork and fashion, then I am helping, in my own way, to mitigate the issue.” The idea is to create awareness for this issue in the hope that action can occur. “This is when the Sky-Eagle Collection was born. “I began to design works that I hope inspire others, give them strength, pride, hope, empowerment, and resilience,” Biss-Grayson said. I paint, write poetry, sculpt, create art installations, and I am a fashion designer.”ĭuring the pandemic lockdown, he began to look for more outlets. “I needed a release, I needed therapy, so I opened my art and fashion studios. “After multiple tours overseas, in Iraq, Kuwait, Afghanistan and Italy, I returned home, with many traumatic incidents locked deep inside my heart and soul,” he added. Photo courtesy of designer Dante Biss-Grayson.
100 percent Cavalli silk by Sky Eagle Collective. “I started my journey into art when I was very young in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where I have taken many awards at the SWAIA Indian Market, and have artwork in private and museum collections. “It all started when my daughter Ella Sky-Eagle was born,” Biss-Grayson said from his studio in Nevada. What made him want to create a line focused on MMIW? He has made a line of digitally printed chiffon ribbon skirts, fusing modern technology and strong graphic imagery with traditional designs. One of the more striking creations is a new line from Sky Eagle Collective, designed by Creative Director Dante Biss-Grayson, Osage Nation. The powerful image of a red handprint has come to symbolize the Missing Murdered Indigenous Women movement as a way to represent the thousands of women who have been silenced.īeyond politics and detective work, the handprint has found its way into art and fashion as a way to raise awareness.
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