C'elkilinix̄ʷ Artisan
Celkilinix Artisan
Sardis, BC
Canada
ph: 604-793-5914
sales
Weaving
Angelina Bowen weaves red and yellow cedar here in the Fraser Valley. She looks forward to also weaving spruce and cedar root.
Learning all steps to weaving was important. Angelina states, "I want to be able to make our elders proud, by knowing that I will be able to pass it on to the future generations of first nation."
She continued to say, "I take my time and always have good thoughts when I weave. This includes the gathering and preparation of the cedar. I prefer to strip bark from the trees in
June, when there isn't to much sap coming from the tree. I make sure I only take one to two strips from the tree as to not cause it harm. Cedar bark is wonderful to work with."Angelina loves using thicker cedar, but keeping the width thin. (As you can see in the side photo.)
Angelina Bowen is passionate about weaving cedar hats (plain, painted, and dyed designs) for infants (up to 2), children (3-6), youth (7-11), women (12+), men (12+), and grandmothers (elders). She would love to see more west coast head dresses in our local powwows. (Even though the prairie head dresses are beautiful!)
Angelina and her son, Corben, also weave cedar head bands, cedar bracelets, cedar roses, cedar baskets, cedar robes and on household decorative items, such as candle sticks, etc. She encourages you to purchase from your local first nation artists.
Celkilinix Artisan
Sardis, BC
Canada
ph: 604-793-5914
sales
