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My design needed to fit in a very close given perimeter, so I had to modify the background with some
light quilting (waves) which would not be on a true button blanket, and I’m afraid, I didn’t know about the
black gap along the neckline to “let the smoke escape”.
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The title (and statement) which will travel with the quilt is:
Salish Salmon captures the spirit of the salmon according Wedlidi Speck: Oh Swimmer,
life-bringer, your return brings warmth to our hearts, comforts our bodies, and reminds
us of the promise of tomorrow.
Lisa Jenni, Redmond/WA
member of the Association of Northwest Quilter
I have been carving since about 2000. I have studied Northwest native art and
your books Learning by Doing and Learning by Designing have helped me to understand a lot of this
wonderful art. Last year I travelled to the west coast of Canada and visited a lot of
museums, galleries an villages. I saw many, many totem-poles and hundreds of masks. At
home I carve every minute I have time for. Thank you for your books, Wilfried Vonderbank, Germany.
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This is my first completed project using the 3 "Learning by Doing/Designing"
books.
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This is done on basswood 8' x 12" with abalone shell for the eye. A couple of years ago I took a
class with Master Carver Herb Rice from Cowichan Bay,
Vancouver Island. Some time Iater I purchased your first 3 books.
Peter Farrow
San Jose, California
I just wanted to say thanks to Karin Clark and Jim Gilbert. I bought Learning by Doing and
followed their
exercises and designs and came up with this world-class mailbox.
One of the main reasons for producing our books was to teach young people how to create
the NW Coast art. Here are some great examples from a school in California.
Rae Chalin, and her first grade classmates at Open Charter Magnet School. Under the supervision
of Denise Meyer,
parent volunteer assisting in a special unit project on multicultural day about NorthWest Coast
Native Indian art.
This beautiful carving by Brian Davis of the Northwest Coast Native Indian bear,
"Learning By Designing", then modified the designs and formlines. For more information on
these items.
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"Last summer while we were visiting Tofino I purchased your book,"Learning
by Doing". The attachment is the result. Thank you for your wonderful book.
Kathleen Johnston
Albany, CA"
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Here is some very unique glasswork done by Phil Barber, from Pennsilvania USA. Here are
Phil's description of his style:
"....remember I'm just experimenting with these....just getting started. I've gotten some good
response from them. Your designs make the sky the limit. These are fused glass pieces using
Spectrum glass which is located in the state of Washington. Each piece of glass is cut by hand
and stacked to be fused. The Killer Whale and the other piece measure about 18" across and stand
about 11" high. They stand on a fused glass base. "
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To purchase these items E-mail:
Phil Barbers
for a quote. ( pbarbers@dejazzd.com )
These beautiful crosstitch artworks by Sheron Ruffell are excellent examples of what
can be accomplished using contemporary backgrounds mixed with the Northwest Coast Native Indian
formlines as described in our books. Sheron used step by step instructions from the book,
"Learning By Designing", then modified the designs and formlines. Her work is for sale;contact us us if you wish to purchase or
want more information on these items.
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Update, Spring 2001
I just thought I'd drop you a line along with a couple of photos of 2 paddles my son George Brown
painted for us. He found the book Learning by Designing very helpful & informative in his new
venture painting Native Art. Actually I think he did a super job & I'm very proud of his
talent
The following artwork was sent in by Mr. J. Boyer of Comox,
B.C. The whale is crosstitched and measures about 11 by 9 inches.
The book Learning by Doing Northwest Coast Native Indian
Art, was used extensively and Mr. Boyer made excellent
use of a lot of Native art shapes. These include: Basic Ovoids,
Ovoid with eyelid and the split "U". A job well done
which required a lot of patience.
These next artworks are stained glass mosaic table tops. The tables will be used in the
local cafe in Comox
Valley, Vancouver Island. Leftover stained glass pieces were used to assemble these eyecatching
tabletops using designs and
step by step instructions from our book, "Learning By Doing".
