This is an archived event from Culture Days 2019.
Images
Haida Motif - Sterling Silver Engraving Demonstration by Sky Phoenix Shanna
Craft Design Fashion & costumes Indigenous Visual arts
Date and time
Location
Wild Moon & Star
Fort Langley, BC
Directions: End of Gasoline Alley. Look for the purple sign.
Access
Free.
Offered in English.
About
Wild Moon & Star presents artist Sky Phoenix Shanna with a hand engraving demonstration.
Sky will be engraving a Haida motif design on sterling silver cuff bracelet outside of Wild Moon & Star art gallery in Gasoline Alley.
Organizer
Wild Moon & Star
Freelance artist has been designing handcrafted jewelry for 37 years
Sky studied numerous different art cultures World wide and Historical Art forms and has been inspired and involved in art since early childhood.
Working with West Coast Haida Artists over the years Sky has studied with Haida Elders which have passed on to him traditions and techniques, designing Haida forms.
Sky has lived the west-coast lifestyle. Finding Art in Nature and with Haida culture and art, He has found purpose and meaning in his life and his artistic Creations, this has led him to work in many different mediums , such as Platinum ,Gold , Silver, Copper, Argillite, Soapstone and different woods.