Master Haida Weaver Delores Churchill on Compact Twining and Spaced Twining

Master Haida Weaver Delores Churchill on Compact Twining and Spaced Twining

Master Haida weaver Delores Churchill discusses the different uses for baskets with compact twining and spaced twining.

This is one in a series of videos that show all the steps of making a spruce-root basket. To view the full playlist go to https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGoKk-JZWo1NsOkcyra1nio-2f4nVfZO8

This series filmed a spruce-root weaving apprenticeship that SHI created to revitalize the ancient and endangered Northwest Coast art of spruce-root basketry. Learn more about the apprenticeship at http://www.sealaskaheritage.org/node/500

The filming of this series was gifted to SHI by Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic as a way to give back to the cultures of the places their travelers visit. Gunalchéesh, Háw’aa, T’oyaxn, Thank You.