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Totem Pole Carving - Norman Tait, Bringing a Log to Life (Paperback, second edition)
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Totem Pole Carving - Norman Tait, Bringing a Log to Life (Paperback, second edition)
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In 1985, photographer and writer Vickie Jensen spent three months
with Nisga'a artist Norman Tait and his crew of young carvers as
they transformed a raw cedar log into a forty-two-foot totem pole
for the BC Native Education Centre. Having spent years recovering
the traditional knowledge that informed his carving, Tait taught
his crew to make their own tools, carve, and design regalia, and
together they practiced traditional stories and songs for the
pole-raising ceremony. Totem Pole Carving shares two equally rich
stories: the step-by-step work of carving and the triumph of Tait
teaching his crew the skills and traditions necessary to create a
massive cultural artifact. Jensen captures the atmosphere of the
carving shed-the conversations and problem-solving, the smell of
fresh cedar chips, the adzes and chainsaws, the blistered hands,
the tension-relieving humor, the ever-present awareness of
tradition, and the joy of creation. Generously illustrated with 125
striking photographs, and originally published as Where the People
Gather, this second edition features a new preface from Jensen and
an updated, lifetime-spanning survey of Tait's major works.
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