Sep 20, 2024 | Jessie Morgan (Skweit) Learns Silverworking from Jenny Lyn Smith, Uncategorized
Skweit Jessie Morgan is an apprentice with master artist Jenny Lyn Smith in Haines, Alaska. Skweit’s designs reflect her ancestral connection to the land through art representative of Lingit peoples for tens of thousands of years. Formline depicts the environment with...
Sep 16, 2024 | Jessie Morgan (Skweit) Learns Silverworking from Jenny Lyn Smith
Salmon trout heads on salmon leather Keltg̱ax̱yé (Place where dog cries) Beaded salmon leather Yéil holding knowledge Beaded seal...
Sep 7, 2024 | Jessie Morgan (Skweit) Learns Silverworking from Jenny Lyn Smith
Enjoy three videos of some of the process in working with metal. Melting scrap silverDrawing on iPadPolishing...
Sep 5, 2024 | Jessie Morgan (Skweit) Learns Silverworking from Jenny Lyn Smith
In October 2023 the opportunity “Business Basics for Artists” workshop via Spruce Root and Chilkoot Indian Association came up. After the panel discussion with local artists, I was inspired to learn formline and silver carving. I had long been seeking my place on...
Aug 16, 2024 | Rhonda Degtoff Learns Basket Weaving from Deborah Head
Learning through Zoom video calls Deborah was very thorough in teaching every step to make this hat. I finished the hat. If you look at it you can see the beginning it looks tight, and uncertain. As I continued I got in the groove and my weave became relaxed and...
Jun 28, 2024 | Rhonda Degtoff Learns Basket Weaving from Deborah Head
Starting the makings of the Cedar Hat, my project for this Apprenticeship. I don’t mind making mistakes because that’s how I learn. Deborah and I meet through Zoom so she can show me. She always makes sure she doesn’t show me too much. 1 step at a...
Apr 30, 2024 | Jessie Morgan (Skweit) Learns Silverworking from Jenny Lyn Smith
I am honored to apprentice with master artist Jenny Lyn Smith in silver carving. Jenny Lyn Smith learned Northwest Coast art by Leo Jacobs, Sr., John Hagen, Ed Kasko, Johnnie Avotock, and Nathan Jackson at Alaska Indian Arts. Northwest Coast art has created an...
Apr 18, 2024 | Rhonda Degtoff Learns Basket Weaving from Deborah Head
Learned how to weave the Herringbone weave. Was tricky on the brain, although it’s a simple 3 step weave. I weaved a graduation cap with leather and 1 Abalone Button .
Mar 11, 2024 | Rhonda Degtoff Learns Basket Weaving from Deborah Head
I took a ferry to Craig to learn the art of Cedar Weaving from Deborah. She showed me her cedar collection and explained her aging process, which takes several years. I used the Jerry rig to make weaving strips, and she taught me two different weaves: Tlingit and...
