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Totem Pole Carving - Norman Tait, Bringing a Log to Life (Paperback, second edition) Loot Price: R723
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Totem Pole Carving - Norman Tait, Bringing a Log to Life (Paperback, second edition): Vickie Jensen

Totem Pole Carving - Norman Tait, Bringing a Log to Life (Paperback, second edition)

Vickie Jensen

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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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Imprint: University of Washington Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: October 2020
Authors: Vickie Jensen
Dimensions: 241 x 203 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 200
Edition: second edition
ISBN-13: 978-0-295-74532-9
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > Art styles not limited by date > Art of indigenous peoples
Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Sculpture & other three-dimensional art forms > Carving & carvings
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples
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LSN: 0-295-74532-0
Barcode: 9780295745329

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