“They even jingle a bit. This is a peaceful process. Tlingit master carver Tommy Joseph holds out a realistic wooden fist attached to a six-foot pole and gives a socially-distanced fist bump.
During a typical summer, they’d have artists working in the visitor’s center, but they’re closed because of the pandemic. This doll was made by Minnie Johnson, Kristina Cranston’s great-grandmother in Yakutat. Joseph, who was born in Ketchikan, has carved nearly twenty totem poles in Sitka. “And this Waasgo Pole is one of the few that currently is not along the trail,” she says.
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Her father is Tlingit, and her mother was non-Native so she was adopted by the Shangukeidí, Thunderbird, a clan of the Eagle moiety in Klukwan. Carver George Benson then created a reproduction in the 30s that was moved inside Totem Hall after it fell and suffered damages in the 90s. This isn’t his first pole for the park. Ray Troll The Battle of Old Sitka Print, 2002 Collection of Tommy Joseph War "The Tlingit waged war for several reasons – to defend clan rights, to avenge murder, theft, and insult, and to capture booty and slaves. Territorial Gov. Perkins says park staff have been reaching out to Haida communities to make sure the park’s history of the pole is accurate.
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And then go do it.
Adults seem to love them. “What you see in front of us here–the raw log–this is the work part.
“But tomorrow I’ll actually start drawing the lines in.
“And so, therefore, this is part of a larger effort to restore that historic cultural landscape.”. Whereas with his trees he's usually part of most of the process and knows where it comes from…And I think when you have that experience it's not a commodity, it's really the entire process, this whole cycle. Erin McKinstry is a Report for America corps member. “Being a poor kid didn’t mean we didn’t have dolls. An aerial photo of the intersection was taken by Josh McGraw.
If we couldn’t buy it, we made it. The diorama is a place to pause, to take in, to notice, to examine. Visitor industry is ready to reopen, but recovery could take years.
When researching doll-making, Cranston discovered how talented and resourceful Indigenous dollmakers are. “What you see in front of us here–the raw log–this is the work part. It’s a convenient spot for fishermen from Sitka, who only... Cora Dow, a senior at Sitka High School, gave an incredible testimony at the U.S. Forest Service Roadless Rule Subsistence hearing in Sitka on November 12, 2019. She’s shared it with us, so we all can draw inspiration from her words in writing our own comments. People also love these ideas. It doesn’t become work anymore. I set them up. Members of the public can visit with Joseph while he works Wednesdays through Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4p.m. (Courtesy Photo / Alaska State Museum archives), “I’ve only seen a photo online in the Alaska State Museum archives,” Cranston said.
The park no longer has the original. (Courtesy Photo/ Kristina Cranston), “Between apprenticing with Tommy, my hand injuries, and working with miniatures, I learned patience,” she said.
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Joseph uses a curved tool called an Elbow Adze to smooth and peel away bits of wood from a yellow cedar log. Found objects create the dioramas and if Cranston doesn’t have an item, she makes it. “Things are hung on a wall, put behind glass, or on a shelf out of reach. Could a three-year-old child enjoy it and it could be put on a shelf or behind plexiglass?
Rico Worl, who designed it, explains his inspiration in a post on the city’s website: “The design originated while spending a Saturday afternoon at the intersection.
“And so I’m really excited to be able to share the whole story and make sure we’ve got the whole story of the pole,” she says. He’s also been carving politically satirical masks and working on a 20-foot dugout canoe. John Brady placed the pole and several others along the park’s present-day Totem Trail. “But too many things we collect as art cannot be touched,” Cranston said. She is inspired by both imagined and real people.
Cranston is a multidisciplinary artist — carver, writer and dollmaker — born in Haines, Alaska, who now lives in Sitka. Joseph uses a curved tool called an Elbow Adze to smooth and peel away bits of wood from a yellow cedar log. They made stick dolls, cloth dolls, stuffed dolls, clay dolls, cornhusk dolls, and more.
Native artist Tommy Joseph carves Tlingit artwork at the Sitka National Historic Park in Sitka, Alaska. He’s still in the early stages of transforming the log into a 23-foot totem pole.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008.
This isn’t his first pole for the park.
Beneath the boats, thousands of sockeye salmon had congregated to fight their way up the rushing outflows of Redoubt Lake, Kunaa Shak Áayi.
They’re calling it a ridicule pole for Gov. Who am I ultimately making these dolls for? Tlingit carver Tommy Joseph sets a fist and feather he carved out of wood on top of a yellow cedar log.
Dioramas, three-dimensional scenes, are commonly found in museums and galleries as well as model hobbyists’ garages, but Cranston’s home holds space for hers.
Joseph, who was born in Ketchikan, has carved nearly twenty totem poles in Sitka. “Third grade was my first opportunity to work with a knife on a piece of wood. She is fighting to ensure future generations will experience the wilderness of Bristol Bay. Read more KCAW stories about Tommy Joseph and his work here:Ridicule totem shames Trump, DunleavySitkans mourn budget veto, drape totem pole in blackA Totem Pole Returns: After 30 years, Raven Shark pole back in Sitka.