Totem Pole Carving Bringing a Log to Life

Name: Totem Pole Carving Bringing a Log to Life
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ISBN: 9780295983684

ISBN-10: 029598368X

ISBN-13: 9780295983684

Edition: 2004

Authors: Vickie Jensen

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The totem pole--in all its power and beauty--is a distinctive and widely recognized form of traditional Northwest Coast Native art. Once nearly lost, this art form is alive and thriving today. In this unique book, Vickie Jensen collaborates with renowned Nisga'a artist Norman Tait and his crew of young carvers to document the actual process of bringing a log to life.The intimate text and 125 photographs capture the charged atmosphere in which the pole is carved--the smell of fresh cedar chips, the long days and blistered hands, the camaraderie, the pride in solving problems, the ever-present awareness of tradition, the joy of creation.Norman Tait teaches his apprentices that carving a pole…

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 185
Size: 8.00" wide x 9.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


The Background


Introduction


Norman Tait: Nisga'a Artist


The Story of the Pole


Carving the Pole


Cutting the Log


Rounding the Log


Drawing the Design on the Pole


Rough-Cutting the Figures


Carving the Add-on Pieces: Beak and Fin


Rounding Figures and Carving Faces


The Signature Faces


The End of the Roughing Stage


The Finishing Stage


Raising the Pole


Visual Record of the Moon Face Figure


Norman Tait: List of Major Works


Selected Bibliography