Photo Essay
Expert Teaches Cedar Bark
Weaving Skills
March 30, 2004
Tuesday
Ketchikan, Alaska - The pleasant, pungent smell of cedar bark
filled the Totem Heritage Center in March as 13 students, from
beginners to advanced weavers, worked on hats, clam baskets,
and other weaving projects under the expert guidance of instructor
Diane Douglas-Willard. Cedar bark and spruce root weaving are
among the many traditional techniques taught in the Totem Heritage
Center's internationally recognized Northwest Coast Native Arts
program.
Totem Heritage Center
instructor Diane Douglas-Willard demonstrates a weaving technique
to students during one of the class sessions. (L-R) Yasha Jaffuel,
Catherine Young, Diane Douglas-Willard, Evelyn Voorhees-Brown,
and Laverne John.
Photo Courtesy Ketchikan Museums
Sylvia Thompson weaves
a cedar bark hat.
Photo Courtesy Ketchikan Museums
Miriam Kotlarov puts
an ending on the rim of her clam basket.
Photo Courtesy Ketchikan Museums
Glenda Kilgore weaves
the lid for her rattle-top basket.
Photo Courtesy Ketchikan Museums
Evelyn Voorhees-Brown
works on her clam basket.
Photo Courtesy Ketchikan Museums
The finished products
of a very successful cedar bark weaving class.
Photo Courtesy Ketchikan Museums
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