About the Maker
Bozho! Gdedékwé ndezhnekaz. Daisy Bourbonnais Pelletier chmokmen noswén. Bodéwadmi ndaw. Shishibéni ndebéndagwes. Tulsa, OK, US ndoch bya. Oklahoma City, OK, US edayan. Hello! My name is Gdedékwé (g-dā-dā-kwā). My English name is Daisy Bourbonnais Pelletier. I am Potawatomi. I am enrolled Citizen Potawatomi Nation. I was born in Tulsa, OK and currently live in Oklahoma City.
I was raised mostly in Oklahoma, with a brief stint in Oregon while in high school. I joined the Navy when I was 17, and since then, I have lived in Illinois, California, Virginia, Greece, Florida, Oklahoma, Maine, Massachusetts, Washington DC, Kentucky, Colorado, Maine again, and now I’m back in Oklahoma.
I love the ocean, and if I spend too much time away from it, despite how much I love the high desert (waving at Durango, Colorado), I feel like something is missing from my soul.
I have been “making” things since I was but a babe. It all started with messes, so many quiet messes made. I learned to embroider at the feet of my Nonnie, my maternal grandmother. She taught me to bake and to sew simple projects. My making has morphed from quilts to knitting to embroidery and art. I have recently taken up printmaking and am thoroughly enjoying that journey.
I am passionate about my Potawatomi roots, and hope to include you in my search for deeper connection to that piece of me.
Welcome to my journey.
About the Business:
I am passionate about art. I hope that this site allows me to share that passion with others, through my art available for purchase, through patterns, through tutorials, and through art lessons.
All the items, both physical and digital, available from The Nomadic Mermaid are designed by me, Daisy.
I value the good done in this world, so each month, I will feature a non-profit that I will donate to. 10% of all sales will go to the non-profit of the month, unless a piece has a specific non-profit designated. If you have a non-profit you’re passionate about, I’d love to hear about it.
As part of my ethics, I believe in protecting the environment as much as possible. As such, I do not want to add to the waste that fast fashion causes. I am choosing to shop for most of my clothing and household goods used for stamping and dyeing second hand. I will say in the description of items if they are new. If they are, they will cost more because the cost of new to our mother is more. The difference in price will go to conservation efforts. If you have an item you want me to add embroidery or a print to, I would love to talk to you about that!