Boxes for treasures, for gifting and memories. Beautiful work by Luke Marston.
First Nations artisans specialize in making these steam bent cedar boxes, an ingenious woodworking technique that originated centuries ago on the Northwest Coast. A single plank is bent to form a box, with a corner pegged or tied, and then carved or painted and sometimes inlaid with shells.
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Never heard of these. I especially like the ones that have totem-like designs.
Lovely, aren’t they? 🙂
Thank you so much for sending me these Shawn. Kraig
On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 9:55 AM, MacKENZIE’s Dragonsnest wrote:
> Shawn MacKENZIE posted: “Boxes for treasures, for gifting and > memories. Beautiful.”
Always enjoy sharing the beautiful, Kraig. Hope all is well and not too cold.