Vanessa prepares to begin weaving the design field of her child-size Chilkat robe
This blog entry is a continuation of “Vanessa Learns to Chilkat Weave” posted a couple of weeks ago. Vanessa is an apprentice to Clarissa Rizal. She has started on a child-size Chilkat robe and intends to complete it by mid-February 2013 for an annual event in her village on the Nass River.
Clarissa completes design for Vanessa’s Chilkat robe; she translated a button robe image of the design into a Chilkat rendition specifically designed for weaving in the Chilkat style – the design is one of Vanessa’s clan emblem, the Frog Starfish – this is a copyrighted design; it belongs to her clan — we request no one else use this design
A modern “Chilkat template” where the pattern is transferred onto clear transparencies – again, this pattern is copyrighted – it belongs to Vanessa Morgan who clan emblem is the Frog Starfish – we request no one else outside of her clan family use this image
Vanessa begins weaving the top central portion of her design field – notice her “Ravenstail” nails!
To establish her left and right boundaries, Vanessa begins weaving the side faces of her Chilkat robe.
With just a couple of weeks of weaving, Vanessa has completed her robe thus far.