Understanding Northwest Coast Indigenous Jewelry

Understanding Northwest Coast Indigenous JewelryIndigenous hand engraved jewellery from the Pacific Northwest Coast is among the most distinctive, innovative and highly sought after art being produced in North America today. With a clearly written text, a foreword by award winning Tlingit and Kwak'waka'wakw artist Corrine Hunt and more than one hundred striking colour photographs and sidebars, this book offers an illuminating look at an exquisite craft and the context in which it is practiced.

Washington is initiated into a world of wonder: a world where the night sea is set alight with fields of jellyfish

Hand-stitched backing

hang to dry

Hummingbirds are known as nurturers who naturally soothe and heal

5" diameter

Monague uses locally sourced materials and works in close collaboration with Indigenous communities across Canada

is a Tibetan ritual object that represents indestructibility

guiding young readers on a journey of discovery and reflection

trained to ask scientific questions about the natural world

He began drawing as a young child and is an ancestral designer who comes from a family of artists

and others

This ceramic mug in blue tones showcases Paul Windsor's Orca Family design