{"id":4689,"date":"2014-12-02T23:54:27","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T23:54:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blogblog\/?p=4689"},"modified":"2015-01-30T00:30:24","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T00:30:24","slug":"wayne-price-adze-it-all-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarissarizal.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/wayne-price-adze-it-all-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Wayne Price “Adze It All Up…”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tlingit Carver, Wayne Price holds his hand-made Tlingit-style carving adze inside the Soboleff Cultural Center, Juneau, Alaska<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s been a long time since a new building has been built in downtown Juneau; most likely since the Sealaska Corporation building was built (1971?) on the waterfront.\u00a0 Just a little ways behind Sealaska towards the mountainside, the Walter Soboleff Cultural Center is being built.\u00a0 As the construction crew works daily, so does master Tlingit carver Wayne Price.\u00a0 He’s chipping away at every exposed cedar plank, beam and column.\u00a0 Wayne has created many, many patterns in the wood; one of them is the “herring bone pattern” which is one of my favorite.\u00a0 He’s got his work cut out for him for several months.\u00a0 And I quote him:\u00a0 “….it all adze up!”<\/p>\n

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Wayne’s “work table” is located in what will be the “front stage” platform of the center<\/p><\/div>\n

Wayne is from the Wooshkeetaan (Shark) Clan from Kake, Alaska; he lives in Haines with his wife, Cherri.\u00a0 They house the Silver Cloud Art Center in one of the big, white\u00a0 Ft. Seward (formerly captain quarters) homes on the hill overlooking Lynn Canal.\u00a0 They have held many classes and retreats in their home including:\u00a0 traditional dances and drumming, traditional food gathering and prep, carving, silver-smithing, and weaving.\u00a0 Wayne is one of the few Tlingit carvers who knows how to build the traditional dug-out cedar canoes…I quote him:\u00a0 “…and may I add that my canoes float, they are sturdy, ocean-going vessels…!”<\/p>\n

Visit Wayne’s website at:\u00a0 www.silvercloudart.com<\/p>\n

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Wayne stands amongst yellow cedar planks he still has to adze…He says “…look at all the boards… there so many of them yet to still carve…I’ve got my work cut out for me; it all adze up!”<\/p><\/div>\n

I first met Wayne on the eve of Halloween 1981.\u00a0 He had come up to Sealaska Corporation offices to “sell some of his wares…”\u00a0 I bought a hand-carved and painted “Moon” mask and a silver bracelet.\u00a0 I remarked to Wayne that he had a resemblance to my younger brother, Tim to which he replied:\u00a0 “Really?…I look like a family member of YOURS….!?”—\u00a0 My Lily had just met Wayne then, she was not quite 2 years old.\u00a0 When I asked Lily if she knew Wayne, to our surprise, she replied:\u00a0 “Yes,….that’s Uncle Tim…!”<\/p>\n

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Wayne adzes one of the “long boards”<\/p><\/div>\n

I would have posted close-up images of Wayne’s variety of adzed patterns, but I leave it up to my reader’s imagination.\u00a0 I would rather you see his patterns first hand, like I said, in every exposed piece of wood in the building; it’s quite spectacular.\u00a0 Sealaska Heritage Institute did right to include the talented hands of Wayne Price’s swing—for many generations, his example will spur future generations to expand on his work!<\/p>\n

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