Zhawenim Designs partners with OCDSB to bring Indigenous beadwork into schools Ryan Pepper 2019/02/11, 5:49 pm “Beading is a medicine, it has the ability to change lives on so many levels, and it’s a much more tangible medicine to use. This an actual hands-on medicine that you can see working.”—Ashley-Rose Machendagoos, owner and founder of Zhawenim Designs.