SIing Gaay Laa,I must apologize for again being late with posting my blog. Ha, I have no excuses – just totally forgot to get it done. I’ve been busy working and this weekend there was a science fair at the Heritage Centre. There were a number of school and other organizations represented there and even a group from Vancouver Island University.
Sunday and Monday were spent working, but today was a lot of fun as I was chatting with one of the carvers in the canoe shed. He was commissioned by a rich gentleman from England to carve a totem pole for him. The carver is Marcelle Russ and he is of course Haida and a friendly soul who was pleased at my interest.
He is an amazing carver and the shapes and figures on the pole are wonderful. He has included the frog and a killer whale and other storey figures. I am partial to the frog and the Haida Man from the centre of the totem. I’ve included this photo as he is not quite finished yet, but I like that fact that the carving itself is quite rough looking still.
Other than that I’ve been trying again to set up my trip to Skeedans and another trip to South Moresby. There are so many wonderful places to visit and I truly hope I can get as much time in exploring as humanly possible between now and when I return to Nanaimo.
Hope you all have a great day,
Blog later, Kelly
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