Colorful artificial feathers with decorative handles

Totems

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Creativity was fostered in me by my family from an early age. Living without TV and knowing our rich cultural heritage of the Lummi Nation, meant that making things with our hands was a regular activity.

I typically work with simple themes and forms, and often employ subtle silhouettes when making my totems. It is a pleasure seeing inanimate objects taking on a life of their own. The more narrative work is usually a personal expression or a means of processing a life event, often with a underlying statement.

Great Grandpa - Joe Hillaire

Baskets

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Owls

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Totems

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Ravens

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Bears

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