Launching Soon
Here we are at week 10 and the term is coming to a steady close... but, of course, there is more weaving to be done. This week, annie (our professor) showed us the way in which we warp-up our looms for both Navajo and Salish looms. Because we have already finished one style, it's now…
The tools and technologies to make basketry, woven robes, canoes and other carvings.
Coast Salish wool weaving is the traditional style of the Pacific Northwest Indigenous Peoples, extending from Bute Inlet in British Columbia to the Columbia River in Oregon. Woven regalia and other traditional items are still highly sought after for ceremonies and celebrations. Skilled Salish textile weavers are held in high esteem as culture bearers for... Read More
When Huckleberries Sprout - Stonington Gallery
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Danielle Morsette is twenty-seven years old. She has been practicing weaving for over ten years. She was born in Montana, from a father of the Stó: lō nation and a mother of the Suquamish tribe, and she then grew up in British Columbia, Canada. She currently lives in Vancouver with…
Wigwam Inn – Eve Lazarus
Alaska Native Artist - Accentuating Tlingit Traditions
Salish Geese – Coast Salish Art in Cornett
Debra Carlick and Lily Hope taught a cedar bark weaving class held during Teslin’s “Celebration 2011” in Teslin, Yukon Territory, July 25-30, 2011. The class began with 4 student…
The Coast Salish nobility blanket, is called swuqw’alh in Hul’q’umi’num’ and in SENĆOŦEN (Saanich language). The swuqw’alh is a blanket woven mostly from mountain goat wool. It was a very important part of traditional economic and ceremonial life of Coast Salish
(click pictures for larger image) My friend Laverne has been working on a twining technique inspired by Montagnard weavers. She about it pos...
Diverse collection to feature sculpture, hand-weaving, hip-hop performance art, multimedia installation, and more by artists from across Coast Salish territory Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art announces its next major exhibition, Intangible, a collection of evocative and diverse Coast Salish works on display from September 13 – December 10, 2017. Influenced by
Blanketing The City is a public art mural series and Reconciliation process designed by acclaimed xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Weaver and Graphic Designer, Debra Sparrow in collaboration with Vancouver Mural Festival. Begun in 2018, the series boldly affirms the resurgence and importance of Coast Salish weaving on these lands, and directly combats the ongoing systemic suppression of Indigenous visual culture.
Hereditary chief Janice George and Buddy Joseph, both from the Squamish Nation, learned to weave blankets in the Salish tradition nearly 15 years ago and are trying to spread their knowledge as far and wide as possible.
Spindle Whorl
images of the process and result of designing and creating woven jackets – friends of light weaving cooperative – friends of light develops and produces jackets woven to form for each client
