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
My favourite way to spend the day is in front of my Salish loom, wool weaving. I love the process of making something and seeing how beautiful it turns out. My ancestral name is Yususult, and I have been weaving for sixteen years. Yususult is an old name with no direct translation. But an elder language person once to
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Salish Geese – Coast Salish Art in Cornett
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.
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.
At the Burke Museum in Seattle, Washington, there rests a white blanket with two reddish-brown stripes running down the sides. It’s more fuzzy than fluffy,...
Smithsonian scientists teamed up with Coast Salish elders and weavers to study the pelt of Mutton, a woolly dog who died in 1859.
Researchers have traced the origins of the Indigenous Cost Salish Peopl's woolly dogs to long before 'Creation Week'
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…
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UK based textile artist Anita Meades creates a stunning collection of contemporary hand woven tapestries. Sign up to the newsletter in store for notification of new collection release dates.
Looking for fun preschool and kindergarten ideas on sheep and wool? Make and eat edible sheep, card and dye wool, paint sheep paintings, and more in this fun lesson or "play date" activity! I created this "lesson" to do as a two hour "play date" with my children and some of their friends, ages 3-6. Use this fun lesson with your class, preschool, family, or homeschool co-op group!
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…
