Stonebard
  • Stonebard home
  • Doves
  • Lovers
  • Stone Circles
    • Rock Family Circle
  • Nature Boy
  • Gently Weeping Guitar
  • A Journey
    • Cottonwood Chapter
    • Chestnut Chapter
    • Oak Chapter
    • Cedar Chapter
  • KoKwalAlWoot's Story
  • Carving the Maiden of Deception Pass Story Pole
  • Events calendar
  • Book of Peace and Love
  • Stonebard home
  • Doves
  • Lovers
  • Stone Circles
    • Rock Family Circle
  • Nature Boy
  • Gently Weeping Guitar
  • A Journey
    • Cottonwood Chapter
    • Chestnut Chapter
    • Oak Chapter
    • Cedar Chapter
  • KoKwalAlWoot's Story
  • Carving the Maiden of Deception Pass Story Pole
  • Events calendar
  • Book of Peace and Love

Carving the Maiden of Deception Pass Story Pole   1983

Picture
Picture
        Starting with the scale model                                                 and the 30' by 5 ' cedar log, which arrived in early April at my shop on Reservation Road

Picture
Picture
        The work begins.  First the bark is peeled, and saved for later use.                                  Then carefully opening the log with the chain saw.


Picture
Picture
After the big blocks of wood are split away, the actual carving begins.                               With adze, chisel and mallet, each form is revealed.


Picture
Picture
                           Ko-Kwal-al-Woot's mortal face emerges.                                                 As summer arrives, the log is rolled over, to begin carving her
                                                                                                                                      transformed self.  The end-grain is painted and wrapped to slow drying.


Picture
Picture
                 She awakes anew, with hair of kelp draped down her body,                             and is gently lifted onto a trailer, for her homeward voyage.


Picture
Picture
Picture
            Standing upright for the first time                                         Ko-Kwal-al-Woot is home                            Red-veiled and adorned with cedar and kelp


Picture
Picture
                          Under the watchful eyes of their advisers,                                                       the chairman and carver prepare for the celebration.


Picture
                                                                                                                         Voila!


Picture
Picture
                     Canoes are sent out, to feed the spirit in the sea.                                                                                     the Samish Sea.


Picture
Ko-Kwal-al-Woot's Story
Cedar Chapter
Tracy's Public Art 
Samish Indian Nation