Carving a totem pole
Fortunate enough to have met Qwaya Sam at the Carving on the Edge Festival. He invited me to see his carving of a totem pole at VIU (Vancouver Island University). I asked if he needed help. He invited me to carve with him. Ecstatic!
Two poles, four carvers. South pole: Qwaya Sam and George Hunt Jr. North pole: Noel Brown and Thomas Jones.
Two tents by the Gathering Place at VIU, Nanaimo, B.C.
Qwaya with a little bit of pole dancing!
32 foot red cedar tree, won’t be many left for future generations to carve with all that logging on the Island!
All manner of tools, gouges, chisels, crooked knives and chainsaws
Qwaya Sam, 2014 totem pole carving
Texturing the forehead of the Whaler
Paul-Wyse-Seward-and-his-chainsaw-jive
Assistant-Pole-Carver
George-Jr-Hunt
Qwaya’s handy work
… and more handy work . . . see the sidebar menu for more links about the totem pole . . . all the way to the celebration day
Champagne Design — Carver 
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