1. Where do you get your inspiration from today? There’s nobody in my family in the younger generation that carves today. My uncles that carved have died off. When I was young they inspired me to be a carver. Continuing their tradition is what gives me inspiration. I don’t want carving as an art to die. 2. Where did you get your inspiration from when you started making your art? I got my inspiration from my Dad and my uncles. I started carving when I […]
Monthly Archives: May 2018
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>> Jennifer: Where are you from? >> David: I’m from Metlakatla, AK that’s Southeast Alaska, just south of Ketchikan, a Tsimshian Village. >> Jennifer: How long have you been an artist? >> David: Been quite a while. Been a professional artist for the last 40 years. But I’ve been drawing for longer than that. >> Jennifer: What types of art do you create? >> David: Well, I guess you could call it Northern, Northwest Coast kind of art, Tsimshian art. Tsiamshian is my tribe, but […]