This is another version of Raven a little smaller than the transforming Raven.  This one is all Raven, he shows no human parts and is split so you see both halves of him on the bracelet.  This is a very common practice in North West Coast art, in order to decorate a round surface ...

Adam Mills has been hand engraving and learning from Master Engraver Owen Walker now for over a year and has come up with a wonderful line of NW Totem motif Sterling Silver Dog Tags. They’re fun to see and attractive especially for guys, but not only guys! This Wolf design is a good one and ...

      Whales, powerful hunters of the sea, were given much respect by native people. They were believed to have their own villages on the bottom of the sea. The Haida people believed that any Whales appearing in the sea in front of a village were drowned persons returning to communicate with them.  This ...

Ancients of the Northwest Coast believed that some animals could supernaturally change their appearance and take on human form. Some humans could also transform into animals or mythic creatures when it was useful to do so. Bear moved back and forth from animal to human form, and as a result had characteristics of both. An ...

This is another bear design, and it occurs to me that I don’t know how many different bear designs I have produced, and I guess it doesn’t matter. When you live in South East Alaska (the Panhandle), bears are your neighbors even in the towns. They are every where! When bears are your neighbors you ...

Dentalium is everywhere and yet, as a Trade Bead researcher and jewelry designer, it’s been my experience to find that so few people even know what it is. Dentalium is a seashell harvested on the Pacific coast of western Washington and southern British Columbia in waters averaging 60 feet deep, it rarely washed up on ...