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RESTORATION

Many of the restoration projects I take on are through galleries and private collectors and involve cleaning, repairs, making accoutrements that has fallen off or is damaged and making sure the object is in the best condition possible. I get fun challenges like making cedar bark rope, shaping abalone, re-carving small elements that have been damaged and cleaning deep-seated mold off painted drum heads.
One of the aspects of doing restoration which is probably the most interesting and fun for me is getting to work on other artist's pieces. This has given me incalculable hours of getting into the heads of some of the best artists in NW Coast Native art. I get to see the little tricks they use, muse over why they chose a particular design element, color, or line, and appreciate beautiful masterworks. My understanding of and ability to turn my hand to any NW Coast Native art style has been vastly increased due to these artists I have to mimic exactly.
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  • Home
    • About Native Paint Revealed >
      • What's New
      • Services >
        • Consultation and Research
        • Pigment Analysis
        • Restoration
  • Learning Resources
  • Publications & Articles
    • New Publication: Revealing Blue on the Northern Northwest Coast >
      • Coloring the Native Northwest Coast
      • NW Coast Ochres
      • Celadonite and Vivianite: Green and Blue on the Northwest Coast
      • A Thin Red Line: Pigments and Paints on Coast Salish Totem Poles
      • Vegetable or Mineral
  • Projects and Research
    • The Vivianite Chronicles
    • A Totem Pole History: The Work of Lummi Carver Joe Hillaire
    • The William Shelton Story Pole
    • Snetlum Canoe
  • Traditional NWC Native Paint
    • Design Elements and Distinctions
    • Pigments vs Dyes
    • Binders
    • Trade Colors on the Northwest Coast >
      • Vermilion
      • Red Lead
      • The Blues, Prussian Blue
      • Ultramarine
    • Tools >
      • Traditional brushes, images
      • Making traditional style brushes
      • Paint Dishes & Mortars
  • Science and Art
  • Independent Study, Classes, Lectures, Workshops