Jessie Morgan (Skweit) Learns Silverworking from Jenny Lyn Smith
Lingít x̱’éináx̱ Skweit yóo x̱at duwasáakw. Lingít ḵa G̱unanaa áyá x̱at tsu. Yéil naax̱ satí áyá xat. Lukaax̱.ádix̱ x̱at sitee. Daḵl’aweidí yadix̱ x̱at sitee. Lḵóot ḵwáan áyá xát. G̱eisán Hítx̱ yeedax̱.
My Tlingit name is Skweit. I am Tlingit and Gwich’in Athabaskan. I am Raven Sockeye from Lḵoot on Lingít Aaní. I am a child of the Eagle Killerwhale clan. I belong to the Geisán House.
Transforming scrap silver into earrings
Kneeling silver Crowning
Honoring Tradition
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...
We are imitating our ancestors
Drifting ashore
Enjoy three videos of some of the process in working with metal.
Continuity
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...
Taking the Leap
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...