TATANKA
Tatanka is the Dakota Indian name for Bison.
I started working on animals, birds, and wildlife through my fabric thread art. I like to use an assortment of printed fabrics and threads as my palette to create my own style. I enjoy using the subject inside the object of what I am creating. This is the inner soul of the subject within itself. The fabrics I use are from Tyler’s local fabric shop Crafts & Quilting, Spoonflower (artists’ fabrics) and Karen Nyberg, retired astronaut earth views on fabrics. I am looking forward to creating more of the East Texas wildlife, birds and animals.

Can you spot the Nile River, Brazil Rivers, Taklamakan Dessert and Western Brazil in Tatanka’s body?
Vinny Cookson
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