Finding Home Among the Floral Tuppies Exhibition

Finding Home Among the Floral Tuppies is a relational body of work by 2-spirit Métis artist Carly Nabess, grounded in stitchwork, kinship, and land-based practice. Centering the creation of tuppies (dog blankets), this exhibition explores themes of reclamation, Indigenous joy as resistance, longing, and the intergenerational transmission of knowledge, love, and healing. Each piece is co-created through relationships with ancestors, mentors, archival materials, and kin, including plant relations and Banjo, her dog.

Working across disciplines, Nabess brings together Métis flat-stitch beadwork and tufting, as well as beaded watercolour landscapes. Her practice is guided by visiting, an approach rooted in relational accountability, intuition, and storytelling. This exhibition acts as a love letter to Métis kin and a personal journey of reconnecting with tuppie-making traditions. Through these works, Nabess invites viewers into a space of remembrance, resistance, and belonging shaped by land, memory, and care.