'Sisiutl' picture frame

Again Beautiful ….yes …so why did you use Oak? I am just wondering

mike in Bonney lake

-- Mike in Bonney Lake " If you are real real real good your whole life, You 'll be buried in a curly maple coffin when you die."

Hi Mike,
I’ve been sampling all types of woods and tools to see what woks best with the style I’m trying to develop.

-- "There are no mistakes, just fuel for winter"

wow.. how cool

-- making sawdust....

Nice project. Maybe you could expand on ‘the NW Haida people’. I would assume native American Indians, but know it’s better to ask than assume. Thanks

-- Michael, Fort Worth, TX. "I wood if I could!"

Thanks for asking and not just assuming that all indian crafts are the same. I am not a native of the Pacific Northwest but appreciate graphic craftsmanship. Wood was the staple material in the lives of those people and the quality work they attained with primative tools blows me away. The stories and wooden representations of characters are inspiring. I don’t claim to believe or understand the varying tribes histories but how can you not appreciate the effort and result of their woodwork?

I have added a couple of links explaining the people and links to the old work which is incredible.
http://www.civilization.ca/aborig/haida/haindexe.html
http://www.snowwowl.com/peoplehaida.html

“Amazing what you can do with NO television”

-- "There are no mistakes, just fuel for winter"

This is a beautiful frame that is quite unique. You did a masterful job with the carvings.

Thanks for the post and the story behind it. I find that these are as important as the project at times.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

stunning!

-- "Functional WoodArt" by Debbie, Canada (http://www.execulink.com/~yohan)

To comment on “Woodup” asking of the Northwest Haida people. The Haida …are indigenous to the NW coast mainly the British Columbia area Queen Charlotte Islands and all the way into SE Alaska …their art work was incredibly voluminous…from masks to totems …
I do love the Pac NW Native art …I had a very good lady friend and used to go to POW WOWS with her ..I even worked at the Seattle Thunderbird House …Substance abuse Treatment center for a time …(worked there, I was not a client)....and got to know many of our Native American Brothers and Sisters ..
and 3DBME I must say your art work is very very good …
thanks

-- Mike in Bonney Lake " If you are real real real good your whole life, You 'll be buried in a curly maple coffin when you die."

Thanks again. It’s nice to have appreciation once in a while! I feel like I’ve born in the wrong time and place.

I don’t know when or where that is?

-- "There are no mistakes, just fuel for winter"