Inuvik artist's earrings featured on Canadian fashion retailer's website
CBC News | October 26, 2021
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Inuvik artist's earrings featured on Canadian fashion retailer's website
An Inuvik artist from Tuktoyaktuk, N.W.T., who makes and sells beaded earrings, had some of her work up for sale on a well-known Canadian fashion retailer's website late last month.
The earrings sold out within a day.
"I totally forgot about [the launch] and missed it completely because I sold out that fast," said Erica Donovan who had five sets of earrings posted on Fabrique 1840, a section of Simons' website, that lists and sells items created by Canadian artisans.
Donovan, who has been running her jewellery business, She Was A Free Spirit, for more than five years, had five pairs of earrings listed for sale on the site.
She said the opportunity to have her work featured on Fabrique 1840 came after she read about it in an NWT Arts newsletter.
Fabrique 1840 teamed up with the Canadian Crafts Federation to put on a virtual market that launched the day after National Truth and Reconciliation Day.
