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Postcards from the Transition

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Tag: Tommy Joseph

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Michio Hoshino Totem Pole Redux..

May 1, 2020May 1, 2020 Rich McClear

May 1, 2020, Sitka, Alaska   It’s been a while since I visited the Michio Hoshino memorial totem pole on the south side of the Halibut Point Rec.  Today was a nice sunny day so I decided to hike down for … Continue reading Michio Hoshino Totem Pole Redux..

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It Rotates! – Tommy Joseph’s new Sculpture at the Sitka Sound Science Center

December 16, 2018December 16, 2018 Rich McClear

Tommy Joseph is an imaginative Tlingit carver.  With my camera I documented his carving a house pole for the Interior Department two years ago.  Since then he has done a canoe and a library pole for Petersburg with characters from … Continue reading It Rotates! – Tommy Joseph’s new Sculpture at the Sitka Sound Science Center

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A House Post for Washington.

June 21, 2016June 21, 2016 Rich McClear

From mid-February until early May I have been watching master carver Tommy Joseph create a house pole that will be part of the museum at the Department of Interior’s headquarters in Washington.  The pole took shape at Tommy’s skilled hands … Continue reading A House Post for Washington.

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Log Rolling in Pursuit of an Oceangoing Canoe

May 9, 2016May 9, 2016 Rich McClear

Since January I have been watching Steve Brown build a Tlingit ocean going dugout canoe out of a single red cedar log at Sitka National Historical Park.  Steve has been working with “apprentices” Tommy Joseph, T.J. Young, Jerrod Galanin and … Continue reading Log Rolling in Pursuit of an Oceangoing Canoe

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