Ivan Thomas was born in Port Alberni, British Columbia, in 1973. He is a young North West Coast First Nations artist known for his intricate carving work on sterling silver and gold Jewellery. Ivan developed his skills under the watchful eye of Derek Wilson a renowned Jewellery artist. He has[…]
Read More »Dorothy Shepherd was born October 5th, 1945 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She was born into the Nuu-cha-nulth Nation who inhabit the southern region of Vancouver Island. Dorothy takes the Killerwhale, known as a powerful and skilled underwater hunter, as her family crest symbol. Dorothy is one of the few[…]
Read More »Morris Sutherland (Moy) is from Ahousaht, on the West Coast of Vancouver Island. He is of the Nuu-chah-nulth nation. His native name is Hiish-Miik, which translates as “someone who gets whatever they are after”. As a young man he worked in the forests of British Columbia where he always found[…]
Read More »Kelvin (Kelly) Robinson was born on May 18, 1981 in Nanaimo, British Columbia. He grew up in Bella Coola, BC. From an early age, he showed interest in learning and refining the art of his ancestors, specifically the unique form of the Nuxalk. Under the guidance of his uncle, noted[…]
Read More »Tom Patterson was born June 13th, 1962 in Victoria, British Columbia. He is a member of the Nuu-cha-nuth tribe of Kyuquot on the west coast of Vancouver Island. He began carving in 1977 at the Arts Of The Raven workshop and gallery under the guidance of Tony Hunt Sr. Although he[…]
Read More »Patrick Amos was born into the Mowachaht Band, one of fourteen member tribes of the Nuu Chah Nulth Nation, in 1957 on Nootka Island, off the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Patrick has been designing limited edition prints since 1976. In 1979 he began carving wood, apprenticing with[…]
Read More »Yul Baker was born in North Vancouver, BC in September 1973 and is of mixed native descent. Yul is an avid athlete and he won a World Championship in lacrosse with the Rochester Nighthawks in 1997. He has been working as an artist since 2003 and has trained with established[…]
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