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Carve Your Own Totem Pole

by (author) Wayne Hill & Jimi McKee

photographs by Beverly McMullen

Publisher
Boston Mills Press
Initial publish date
Aug 2007
Category
Woodwork, Native American
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550464665
    Publish Date
    Aug 2007
    List Price
    $24.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781550464733
    Publish Date
    Aug 2007
    List Price
    $34.95

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Where to buy it

Out of print

This edition is not currently available in bookstores. Check your local library or search for used copies at Abebooks.

Description

How to plan, carve and paint your personal totem pole.

This well-illustrated guidebook includes the history of totem-pole carving and its West Coast native traditions, techniques and patterns. It examines the historic and modern tools involved. And it also presents great ideas for carving a totem pole, whether with traditional designs or more personal folk-art motifs.

Carving instructor Wayne Hill reveals how to select the right wood and use the correct tools to best advantage. Artist Jimi McKee shows how to create drawings and templates in authentic West Coast styles. There are also special notes on the meanings of figures, along with many instructions on painting your totem pole and recommendations for placement.

A folk-art family totem pole will be treasured for years to come. This handy illustrated guide includes all the background and information required to create one.

 

About the authors

by Wayne Hill, Jimi McKee and Beverly McMullen; foreword by Haida elder and carver Peter Harvie

Wayne Hill's profile page

Jimi McKee's profile page

Beverly McMullen's profile page

Editorial Reviews

A great book with explicit instructions on how to cure a log and carve it into a totem pole.... Woodsmen of Muskoka will start their chainsaws and create new art forms after reading this book.

Muskoka Today