SEALASKA HERITAGE INSTITUTE’S 10th BIENNIAL

NORTHWEST COAST JURIED
ART SHOW & COMPETITION

Honorable Mention | Hudson Bay Border Design Bottle | Austin Tagaban

Austin Tagaban

  • Tlingit/Cherokee, Kaagwaantaan, Ḵóok Hít
  • Douglas, Alaska
  • Category: Endangered Art: Spruce Root
  • Spruce roots, dyed grass, glass bottle
  • Artist comment: (I) love weaving with spruce roots because as a medium they present numerous challenges at all stages of the process and because solving these challenges always leaves me in awe of the master basket weavers that came before us.

Juror comment: Overall, very even weave at an impressively small scale. Bottle and choice of color in grass make this a very pleasing piece to look at.