{"id":1931,"date":"2021-01-30T14:59:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T14:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindyourown.life\/?p=1931"},"modified":"2021-01-30T15:36:53","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T15:36:53","slug":"april-mitchell-boudreau-on-healing-through-the-medicine-of-creativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindyourown.life\/website_dfde362d\/april-mitchell-boudreau-on-healing-through-the-medicine-of-creativity\/","title":{"rendered":"April Mitchell-Boudreau on Healing through the Medicine of Creativity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\t\t\tEmpowered mindset, empowered life.\n\t\t<\/h1>\n\t

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\n\t\t\tFeaturing\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\"April-Mitchell-Boudreau\"\n\t\t

\n\t\t\tApril Mitchell-Boudreau\n\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t

Entrepreneur and founder of Lofttan<\/p>\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t

\n\t\t\tAbout this episode\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\n

I was introduced to April and her work last year and it’s been a true honour to get to know more about her and her art over the past few months. April is a Turtle clan Mohawk with roots at Six Nations. She is a designer and entrepreneur and founded her jewellery company, Lofttan, with a strong ethos of slow fashion and honouring  Mother Earth. I’m so grateful to have shared this conversation with April; she truly has the most beautiful perspectives on life and the healing process.<\/p>\n\t\t

\n\t\t\tAbout April Mitchell-Boudreau & Lofttan\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t

Lofttan is an Indigenous-owned, female-led handmade convertible jewellery business with a unique opportunity for job creation. Our beautifully handmade pieces revitalize and revolutionize the jewellery industry through the creation of a multi-wear, slow-fashion, sustainable jewellery collection.<\/p>\n

At the heart of the Lofttan brand is a celebration of diversity, accessibility and the Medicine of Creativity. Lofttan’s Convertible jewellery system offers an invitation to play and create using traditional materials like sustainably sourced wood, shell and semi-precious stone to beautifully frame the masterpiece that is you.<\/p>\n

Originally distributed through independent boutiques across Ontario, Lofttan is successfully navigating a massive Covid-inspired pivot to online retail. <\/p>\n

Lofttan jewellery is the brainchild of Mohawk designer April Mitchell-Boudreau. Situated on the traditional lands of the Haudenosaunee and Anishnaabe people, every piece is lovingly made in the Niagara studio.<\/p>\n

In 2017 April was nominated for The Entrepreneurial Award given by the Women in Business Awards of Niagara, and most recently Lofttan has been nominated for the Excellence in Manufacturing Award 2020-2021 in the Niagara Business Awards by the Greater Niagara Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n

One of Lofttan’s goals is to create enough demand to employ other Indigenous people in our community, as piece-workers, able to work from home.<\/p>\n

Lofttan celebrates the Medicine of Creativity further in The Makers Circle PLAYshops, delivered through the lens of traditional Indigenous teachings, such as the Medicine Wheel bracelet making. Each participant makes their own wearable work of art, that also concretely anchors them to the teachings delivered in the PLAYshop.<\/p>\n\t\t

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