All Entries Tagged With: "Art"
Cedar Man Holding Talking Stick – Richard Hunt 1988
Richard Hunt’s Cedar Man Holding Talking Stick is the world’s largest totem pole in diameter, measuring 1.8 meters (6′ 7″) across! It is carved in the Kwakwaka’wakw style and represents Cedar Man transforming into his human form. One cannot appreciate how large this is until you stand underneath the impressive totem. The tree from Port Renfrew [...]
Moon with Human Spirit Face above Mountain Goat above Bear Holding Royal Document – Simon Charlie 1957
Simon Charlie (Hwunumetse) was born in 1920. He became a master carver of the Cowichan tribe of the Coast Salish First Nation and was awarded the National Centennial Medal (1967), the Order of British Columbia (2001), and the Order of Canada (2003) for his work in preserving and promoting the traditions of his people. From the late 1960s [...]
Fire Magic at GBS Glass Blowing at Malahat, British Columbia
GBS Glass Blowing was one of the last stops for Cherie and Kevin Oke (Cowichan Valley Photos) and friends during the Cowichan Wine & Culinary Festival. We were warmly welcomed –pardon the pun – by Ann Fowle at their spacious bright studio and workshop then entertained by , Grahame Fowle, glass blower par excellence who demonstrated [...]
The Cowichan – Duncan, Chemainus, Ladysmith and Region
The Cowichan Valley book is finally finished and off to the printers. This is always an exciting moment; no more running around trying to fill in last minute photos and agonizing over images that have already been selected. The official description of the Cowichan Valley book is below. The Cowichan Region is the large area [...]
Duncan Totem Poles – Vancouver Island
The City of Totems, Duncan in the Cowichan Valley has been purchasing totem poles for approximately 30 years and displaying them throughout the downtown area and the surroundings. Most of the native carvers are western Canadian but others are from Quebec and as far away as New Zealand. I have been documenting many of [...]
