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Art Canadian

Learning by Doing Northwest Coast Native Indian Art

by (author) Karin Clark & Jim Gilbert

Publisher
RAVEN PUBLISHING INC
Initial publish date
Jan 2000
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780969297918
    Publish Date
    Jan 2000
    List Price
    $24.95

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Description

This book contains step-by-step instructions and illustrations on the basics of drawing, designing, painting and carving in the Pacific Northwest Coast Native Indian art style.

About the authors

Karin Clark is a writer, teacher, and artist with over 35 years experience working with both children and adults. She learned from and taught with British Columbia’s First Nations in public and private schools, colleges, and art classes, as well as university teacher education programs.

 

With a primary focus on building bridges of understanding among cultures, Karin has written and published 9 books about how to appreciate as well as how to draw, paint and carve in the artistic styles of the Pacific Northwest Coast First Nations. She has also written and co-written 21 books about aspects of First Nations culture for use by teachers and students in schools.

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Jim Gilbert (1932-2000): For thirty years, Jim Gilbert was an active artist working mainly in the art form of the Pacific Northwest Coast First Nations. He worked in most coastal Aboriginal Art styles with artistic production ranging from original graphic, limited and open edition prints, carvings in wood, ivory, bone and stone, to hand-engraved and sculptured jewelry pieces in silver and gold.

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