THE ART OF MAKING DIGITAL BLING
Ace started producing his signature digital bling in 2010, and he has sold them over the years through the Native North American Museum in Zurich, Switzerland; the Museum of Contemporary Native Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico, and L.A. PAI Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario. His digital bling includes hair ties, bolo ties, brooches, earrings and bead wrapped rope with medallions. Although these works are produced today in very limited numbers, they are highly sought after and very collectable. Ace’s digital bling work incorporates his signature use of electronic components (capacitors, resistors, light emitting diodes) that he manipulates to create Great Lakes’ style floral motifs that are complemented with treatments of velvet fabric, horse hair, copper wire, deer hide, porcupine quills and glass beads.
These works can be worn or framed as artwork.
For additional information or to request a custom order, please contact the artist directly (here).
Baapish (NOW) (2023) mixed media 44 x 20 cm. Available for Purchase at Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery (Waterloo).
Little Spirits (2023) mixed media 46 x 18 cm. Private Collection (Ottawa).
Thunderbird Medicine Bling (2023) mixed media 46 x 18 cm. Collection of the Artist.
Spirit Berry Bling (2022) mixed media 46 x 18 cm. Available for Purchase at LA PAI (Ottawa).
Bolo Bling (Medicine Flower) (2022) mixed media 50.8 x 12.7 cm. Private Collection (Ottawa).
Thunderbird in the Digital Age - Two Concepts of Power (2022) mixed media 43.18 x 17.78 cm. Private Collection (Ottawa).
Quill and Bead Necklace and Earrings (2022) Porcupine quills, beads, metal, thread 38 x 12.7 cm. Private Collection (Montreal).
Medicine Flower Bling (2021) 52 (1) x 17 (w) cm, mixed media. Private Collection (Ottawa).
Bnesi (Thunderbird) Bling (2020) 54 (1) x 18 (w) cm, mixed media. Private Collection (Toronto).
Digital Bling (2020) 52 (1) x 17 (w) cm, mixed media. Private Collection.
Double Sided Digital Bling - Digital Side (2020) 56 (1) x 15 (w) cm, mixed media. Private Collection.
Double Sided Digital Bling - Beaded Side (2020). Private Collection.
Digital Bling (2020) 55 (l) x 19 (w) cm, mixed media with 1961 Canadian Silver Dollar. Private Collection (Saskatoon).
Digital Bling (2019) 40 (l) x 17 (w) cm, mixed media. Private Collection.
Digital Bling shown in Kitchi Zibi Omamiwinini (2013) mixed media. Private Collection (Mississauga).
Bolo Tie (2014) mixed media. Private Collection.
Digital Bling (2014) mixed media. Private Collection.
Digital Bling (2014) mixed media. Collection of the Ojibwe Cultural Foundation (M'Chigeeng).
Digital Bolo Ties (2014) assorted sizes, mixed media. Private Collections.
Digital Bling (2014) assorted items and sizes, mixed media. Private Collections.
Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (Boutique), Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. Private Collections.
North American Native Museum (Boutique) Zurich, Switzerland.
Earrings (2014) mixed media. Private Collection.
Digital Bling (2014) mixed media. Private Collection.
Earrings 2014) mixed media. Private Collection.
Digital Bling (2014) mixed media. Private Collection.
Digital Bling (2014) mixed media. Private Collection.
Bling Multiples (2012) - G101 Auction. Private Collections.
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