I'm spending a lot of time lately, (and this has happened a few times before), trying to find a surface area, or a wall space in my studio, on which to work. New piles develop each week as I gather, prepare, and dry new materials that come into their prime. I organize the dried materials, trying to incorporate as much as I can into the many … [Read more...]
Traditional Fishing Weir
This split cedar root and cedar limb fishing weir was just completed by Suquamish weaver Ed Carriere. He spent most of the year working on materials preparation; every elders trip; all his sight-seeing voyages from China, to Antarctica, to Mexico, and the Bahamas. Ed gets around in his retirement and has made the largest open twined basket that … [Read more...]
Clam Shell Rattle Necklace
Using materials from three important Northwest ecosystems: forest, shoreline, and estuary, students learn plant fiber technologies to construct a Clam Shell Rattle Necklace. Using clam shells from the Salish Sea's inter-tidal zone, cedar limbs from the lowland forest, and NW sweetgrass from the estuary, learn plant fiber … [Read more...]
