TULALIP — It began with an idea from a museum staff member: Create an exhibit of the tradition of wool weaving in Coast Salish culture. Even the two curators who would put together the Hibulb Cultural ...
There will be a talk at Baltyboys Golf Club (near Blessington) on August 26 at 8pm by John Hussey. This Heritage Week talk will cover the history of the wool and weaving Industry in the Baltyboys area ...
Hereditary chief Janice George and Buddy Joseph, both from the Squamish Nation, learned to weave blankets in the Salish tradition nearly 15 years ago and are now trying to spread their knowledge as ...
An upcoming workshop in North Vancouver is sharing Coast Salish wool weaving with a festive twist. The Museum of North Vancouver (MONOVA) is holding the first Weaving for Winter workshop on Sunday, ...
Nancy Peck has been a weaving instructor for nearly 40 years. She started in 1976, after graduating from Michigan State University as a textile major, and later shared her skills at workshops in ...
It is quiet in the Museum of North Vancouver’s sunlit workshop room. The small handful of people present, seated in a wide semi-circle, are in furious concentration, their bodies hunched over their ...
NORTH PORT -- It's funny how one thing leads to another. One day you're raising ostriches; the next day you're eating them. "Nasty birds," Myles Harriman says of the three ostriches his daughter, Pam ...