Undulating lines of teal blue, grey, and white woven together, with strands of turquoise to simulate the ice breakup in the ocean. No pattern was laid out to do this work.
Undulating lines of teal blue, grey, and white woven together, with strands of turquoise to simulate the ice breakup in the ocean. No pattern was laid out to do this work.
The Indian cultures that once flourished in the Pacific Northwest left a magnificent legacy. Now, a distinguished photographer has sought out British Columbia's native artists in their own places, met them informally and recorded their rediscovery of the old skills. In over 200 perceptive photographs, Ulli Steltzer has captured ninety-three dedicated men and women as they carve silver, wood and argillite; prepare wood for weaving and knitting; dig roots and gather grasses for their baskets. There are glimpses of their studios, their homes, the countryside; and their words, to, are recorded. -- From back cover
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Haida Carvers ; Haida Basket Weavers ; Kwagutl Carvers and Blanket Makers ; Weavers and Carvers of Vancouver Island's West Coast ; Cowichan Knitters and Salish Weavers ; Thompson, Mount Currie, and Coastal Basket Weavers ; Okanagan and Carrier Bead and Leather Workers, Carrier Birch Basket Makers ; Gitksan Carvers and Blanket Makers ; The Nass River, Stikine River, and Prince Rupert Carvers
A table loom, shuttle, and weaving (belt) that is set up on the loom:(a) A four-harness wood table loom handmade by Harold Mortimer, strung, with shuttle and cotton thread attached which you move through the warp as the weft. There is a pencilled circle (radius 2.0cm, 3.60cm from each end and 0.50c…
A table loom, shuttle, and weaving (belt) that is set up on the loom:(a) A four-harness wood table loom handmade by Harold Mortimer, strung, with shuttle and cotton thread attached which you move through the warp as the weft. There is a pencilled circle (radius 2.0cm, 3.60cm from each end and 0.50cm from the bottom with the number) the number “3” and “HM” , Harold Mortimer’s monogram, pencilled in the centre. It has four wooden knobs on top of the upright posts that have the string harnesses attached. Underneath the top of the upright post there is a white address label (4.60x1.5cm wide) with red on the top and bottom. On it is printed “HAROLD MORTIMER 341 BIG HORN ST BOX 77 BANFF ALBERTA T0L 0C0 and to the right of that, written in pen “DEC 1977”It has metal reeds which the fibre goes through. The completed part of the belt is wound around the roller (covered in cardboard) so the fibre not damaged. There is a slender round piece of wood (pencil) for tautness. There is also a roller (warp beam) on the back where the threads (warp) are attached.(b) the wooden shuttle, 17.5x2.5cm wide, with a groove at each end creating a space for the fibre to be wound around horizontally.(c) the partially woven, blue, yellow, and brown strip of woven cloth that is set up on the loom.
A hand woven striped blanket with a fringe. It is plain weaving on a striped warp. The colours are brown, grey, taupe, copper, rust, and beige. On viewer’s left just above (1.0cm) the fringe and 1.0cm from the blanket edge, there is a polyester tag (1.50x4.50cm wide) stitched on. There is a shuttl…
A hand woven striped blanket with a fringe. It is plain weaving on a striped warp. The colours are brown, grey, taupe, copper, rust, and beige. On viewer’s left just above (1.0cm) the fringe and 1.0cm from the blanket edge, there is a polyester tag (1.50x4.50cm wide) stitched on. There is a shuttle on the left strung with a piece of fibre leading to a spool on viewer’s right; written on the tag “Hand Woven BY Mary G. Andrews”