Lingít artist Reine Pavlik melds beading and skin sewing with contemporary styles

Reine Pavlik holds hand-sewn moccasins in April 2025. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)Reine Pavlik sorted through a large collection of her latest work. She pointed to a pair of jeans with seal skin flare, a women’s suit made of deer skin and seal hide and several more hand-made pieces of clothing. Many of the pieces had ornate beading.
“Sometimes I feel like beading a straight line is really hard,” she said, holding up a pair of hand-sewn moccasins. “This pair of mocc