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.

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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.

"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" Click on artwork for better view

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. " Click on artwork for better view 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. Click on artwork for better view 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".