I was delighted to be invited by teacher, Peggy Koivu, to share the cultural art and science story that my practice of art imparts, with her first and second graders at their Environmental Education Camp retreat. Part of the Bainbridge Island Public School system, this was a class from their Odyssey Program, an alternative program involving lots of … [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...]
