Weaving "Jennie Thlunaut's face" in my Chilkat robe "Jennie Weaves An Apprentice"
Upon seeing me, I’ve had local friends ask, “Hey, how long are you in town for…?” I moved back in June. Surprised, “Really? Huh? I haven’t seen you; where you hiding out?” I am weaving a robe and it is due the first week in November…
Above is a photo of part of the robe. I cannot show the rest of the robe because it is a tradition of ours to not let the owner see the robe before it is finished. So as much as I’d like to share with y’all and as much as my students would love to see the progress, I cannot expose photos of the robe until it is complete. Even then, I will not have time to post the completed robe until December because I’ll be on a business trip and doing some other projects. In the meantime, here’s a glimpse. If you see me out and about, there are such things as other aspects of life that require my participation.
what a privilege to have seen this very robe in person,or in spirit,so to speak..My first thoought is that a tradition -bearer such as yourself should not have to do any other work but weave such amastrpiece of handwork.Giventhe timeless nature & long traditionof weaving as a traditional arrt,I feel that artists should receive as much support as possible to free them from economic necessityso that their rare skills can flourish in the time-honored,timeless fashion,a sort of dreamtime,as the Australians sayGod bless &protect the cultural trreasures of the world,such as you,Clarissa ..& bring you the peace to create & the prosperity to continue to create enduring traditional treasures..May the fortunate guardian of this soon to be completed robe fully appreciate its’worth…EMSAYA,JUNEAU,Ak