Helen Betty Ida Marie ThreadkellSaltspring Island, BC Vote Vote for Helen BettyIda Marie Threadkell You can change your vote at any time before 5pm PST on October 17, 2025 Enter a valid email address to confirm your vote Email address Confirm vote Size 26" x 12" x 11" Medium Silk fusion, red osier dogwood, rock In 1971 Helen Betty Osborne, a 19-year-old Cree woman, was murdered in northern Manitoba. It took 16 years before only 1 of her 4 assailants was ever convicted. Silence and indifference ruled. This dress is done in her memory. Like lives, sticks are fragile and silk is beautiful. Like red dresses, memories fade and become grey but like rocks they last. Buy artwork Helen Betty Ida Marie ThreadkellSaltspring Island, BC Vote Vote for Helen BettyIda Marie Threadkell Enter a valid email address to confirm your vote Email address Confirm vote Buy artwork About the artist About the artist Ida Marie ThreadkellSaltspring Island, BC Originally from Winnipeg where she obtained a degree in Clothing and Textiles and an MBA, Ida Marie has always worked with fibre, first with sewing and since coming to Salt Spring, with spinning, weaving fabric, tapestries and baskets, doing kumihimo (Japanese braiding), felting and working with silk fusion. Her work can be seen on Salt Spring Island at Gallery 8 and Coast Gallery. Follow on social