Natasha Sacobie

[WABANAKI ARTIST: 2023, 2024]

Victorian Scissor Holder, 2023

Porcupine quills, glass beads, birch bark, tanned deer hide, glass bone beads, cotton

5” * 3”

Early 1900s Porcupine Quilled Renaissance Chair, 2023 

Porcupine quills, birch bark, leather, 

40” * 24”

Early 1900s Porcupine Quilled Chinoiserie Table, 2023 

Porcupine quills, birch bark, tanned bass skin, 24k gold leaf, sweet grass, velvet

16” * 36”

Porcupine Quilled Napkin Ring, 2023

Porcupine quills, birch bark, tanned bass skin, sweet grass, sinew

1.5”" x 2.5”

Dyed Porcupine quills, Birch Bark, Acrylic Paint, Beads, Sinew

Sacobie is a Wolastoqiyik visual artist living in Bilijk - Kingsclear First Nation. Sacobie's creative practice engages both traditional and contemporary mediums. Working initially in oil painting and beadwork, she was drawn to birch bark and porcupine quills, which is now her specialty. Sacobie is best known for her meaningful quillwork that calls attention to respecting and connecting with nature, and all of our relatives. Having graduated from the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design and recently completed Advanced Studio Practice.

Sacobie’s work is held in both public and private collections. Her works have been shown at the Lieutenant Governor’s House in Fredericton, NB, The George Fry Gallery, the Saint John Arts Center, and the Boston Museum. Natasha Sacobie was awarded the 2023 Heather Stone Emerging Artist Award at the Craft East Buyers Expo and was the recipient of a 2023 Equinox Creation grant.