<img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-3301" src="http://www project collaboration software.melindawest.com/mwwp/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image11-545x407.jpg" alt="accomplished cedar weaver at IslandWood" width="545" height="407" srcset="https://www.melindawest.com/mwwp/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/image11-545x407.jpg 545w, … [Read more...]
IslandWood Cedar Class Feb 8, 2015
I will be teaching a class at IslandWood during their Community Open House. Please click on the link for more information. If the link doesn't work, go to, www.islandWood.org, click on community events, and scroll down to the class announcement. https://islandwood.org/event/cedar-bark-basket … [Read more...]
IslandWood Students 2014
This May I had the opportunity to bring a freshly cut Western Red Cedar tree with me to IslandWood so the young people I worked with each week could learn first hand why this tree has been, and still is, so highly valued by the Local First Peoples whose ancestors have lived along the rivers and shorelines of the Pacific Northwest for thousands of … [Read more...]
Lessons of the Cedar Tree
This May as an Artist in Residence at IslandWood, I enjoyed sharing my appreciation of the Western Red Cedar tree with many students from the area. Young people ranging from fourth through sixth grades came from North Beach Elementary, Emerson K-12,The Evergreen School, Emerson Elementary, Adams Elementary, and The Brighton School. During their … [Read more...]
Western Red Cedar-Tree To Pouch
Draw inspiration and creativity from the Western Red Cedar Tree as you learn about local First Peoples traditional knowledge of cedar and other plant fibers which has been passed along over thousands of years in the Pacific Northwest. Students learn the techniques of folding, sewing, multiple braiding and cordage-making. … [Read more...]
