Woven Bottles

Classic Coke vs New Coke

Set of two Alutiiq style woven bottles on glass coke bottles. An witticism of the New Coke vs Coke Classic debate reexamined as contemporary vs classical native art materials.

The classic bottle was made using natural and dyed rye beach grass with a woven bottle cap. The new bottle was made using canvas linen and red embroidery thread, with woven bottle cap.

Native Pop Art

An witticism of the Pop Art movement which focused on popular culture imagery, including advertising. In this piece, I make reference to an art material I often utilized for Alutiiq rye grass weaving, the glass bottle. Thus, the piece not only references the contemporary native art movement, but also pokes fun at one of my most common materials I used for grass weaving.

Set of six woven coke bottles using red and yellow cedar bark and red wool yarn.

Seal Oil decanter

Seal oil is an healthy and traditional staple of Alaska Native foods. One tablespoon of bearded seal oil possesses 4000mg of omega-3 fatty acids and is one of the most healthiest natural oils. In addition to its health benefits, the rendering of seal oil is an important process of preserving this food source and continues the passage of culture through the generations.

The piece features a woven pattern that mimics the tracks of bearded seals across snow. Materials include artificial sinew, red cedar bark, and canvas linen.

Fishing Nets and Green Fish Bones

Woven bottle that features the herring bone pattern in green embroidery thread and black sein twine.

Raven’s Tail Bottle

Bottle woven with red cedar bark and black fishing sein twine. Design is the box of daylight with tassels woven into the pattern.

Sea-Green Bottle

Woven green bottle woven with yellow cedar bark and dyed beach rye grass.

Checkers IV

Frosted wine bottle woven with yellow cedar bark with a checker pattern

Checkers I

Bottle woven with canvas linen. Pattern is a checkerboard pattern. Warps are in white linen and wefts are in brown linen.

Checkers II

Bottle woven with canvas linen. Pattern is a checkerboard pattern. Warps are in brown linen and wefts are in white linen.

Black and yellow fish bones

Woven bottle that features the herring bone pattern in yellow cedar bark. Warps are in white linen and skip stitch wefts are in black linen.

Yellow Cedar and Blue Thread

Woven bottle that features an split herring bone pattern and skip stitch. Materials include yellow cedar bark and blue embroidery thread.

Two Skip Stitch

Woven bottle that illustrates two design styles of skip stitch. The bottom half of the bottle features a straight skip stitch while the top half features a cross skip stitch design. Materials include red cedar bark and wax linen.

Lightning

Woven bottle that features a modified lightning pattern. Materials include waxed linen and artificial sinew.

Rye Grass I

Woven bottle that features an split herring bone pattern and skip stitch. Materials include rye beach grass and black waxed linen.

Rye Grass II

Woven bottle that features a skip stitch. Materials include rye beach grass and artificial sinew.

Red and Yellow Cedar Bark Birds

Woven birds crafted from either red or yellow cedar bark. The birds are woven utilizing a plating style of weaving and was the first technique that I learned under my mother. The cedar bark was harvested from the village of Craig, Prince of Wales Island.

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