Mtis artist recreates great-grandmother’s portrait in beads [Video]

It was a feat of determination, said Christina Lennox, who re-created a 1930s photo of their great-grandmother using 87,000 beads. 

When Lennox was looking through a box of family photos at their grandfather’s house in Richmond, B.C, there was one that drew them. 

“Something about this photo in particular, really captured me,” said Lennox, who is a member of the Métis Nation B.C.

Her Métis family comes from the Lockport area, about 26 kilometres outside of Winnipeg. 

The photo was of Lennox’s great-grandmother Annabella McKay crossing a street in Winnipeg in the late 1930s. 

“She just seemed really playful and fun in the photo,” said Lennox. 

“From the stories I’ve heard about her, she was a very persistent and stubborn lady and for me, when I look at that photo, I really see that.”