Canadian Native Art

Truly Canadian Made

admin — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 09:46:22 +0000

Truly Canadian Made is a Internet site which links many of places where you can find the finest arts and crafts made right here in Canada. Hundreds of shops and artists is offering through this gallery their crafts, handmade native art. This all is available without any extra exchange, duty or international shipping. You can easily buy thing even if you are outsider from any country in the world as artists gathered within Truly Canadian Made can ship internationally. You can buy particular single items of bulks. You can order specially prepared portion of the art designed to your dreams. Gallery is divided into reasonably indexed bookmarks such as: Knitting,Spinning, Hooking, Needle arts, Textiles, Leather, Paintings and Mixmedia… also Photo Imaging, Potter Gallery, Sculpture Curving, Toys Dolls, Games, Woodcraft, Gourmet Food and Drinks and Cooperative Galleries. Especially the last category can be perfect database of the other equally brilliant places offering Canadian native art to the people who seek beauty in the items which derives its aura from the ancient souls of first habitants of the North American lands. Among others you can be redirected to the Albert Craft Council, The Geolic College or Ninavik Native Arts.

Bay of Spirits

admin — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 07:17:58 +0000

Bay of spirits it is online gallery of one of the most famous and prestigious galleries in Toronto. You can find there a wide variety of First Nations Art. High level of work gathered in this gallery was recently confirmed by a National Gallery of Canada which has bought some paintings from one of the collection exhibited in the Bay of Spirits Gallery. B o S Gallery has got 19 years history in city of Toronto and it is specialized in contemporary art of First Nations. Generally gallery is focused on the northwest art of Haida, art of first Canadian Indian. Characteristic for this culture masks, talking sticks and many more. You can find there art of Native Indian Irouquois as well as art of aboriginal Ojibway indian. Especially strong representation of native art are paintings, gallery can boasts of having painting of such artists as Joseph Jacobs, Alex Janvier, Norval Morrisseau, Daphne Odjig, Carl Ray, Allen Sapp and Bill Reid ushered in a new contemporary art movement. Gallery is a place where highly educated people sensitive to Native Canadian art can meet each other and discuss Canadian reach history of native art. Gallery is opened Monday to Saturday from 10 AM to 6 PM on Sundays by appointment.

Hills Native Art

admin — Sun, 20 May 2012 16:51:15 +0000

…Indians made even tight wooden boxes for storing fish oil or cooking it on the hot stones. Craftsman cut thin walls of the timber, then warn them up over the steam and bent, giving them the shape of a quadrangle. Simple tools used by the Indians for the production of wood items were made of stone, bone and shells. Indian woman mainly dealt with weaving and spinning and In the winter they made warm blankets of soft cedar bast and mountain goats. Chilikat Indians belongs to the Tlingit tribe they were famous for the production the most beautiful and most precious garments that they wore only by the chiefs. They had the shape of pentagons decorated with tassels and colored in white, yellow, blue or black. Men painted the pattern on the board, afterwards woman carried it to the fabric. Original Chilikat blankets were very laborious to make only one it lasted even several months. The blanket was stranded rather than woven because the filaments were attached to the chassis in only one place, at the top. Between them, without the use of shuttles weaving, fibers was woven into the transverse…

You can find more information of Indians and buy an original handmade items and books on the online Gallery http://www.hills.ca/

Canadian Indian Art – canadianindianart.com

admin — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:00:30 +0000

This is an online gallery of Maike Marnet who began collecting Canadian Native Indian art. This is her passion for over 30 years. During that time she accumulated a large inventory of beautiful carvings. She wanted to share her love for Indian art with people around the world. She also wanted to promote local artist who thanks to this gallery have wider access to other people or artists.

Gallery was born in 1999 an since its beginning it is focused on promoting Squamish Nations art and work to collectors in North America and also Globally. This online gallery will bring you closer to the native art of North America which is West Cost Native art stretching from Oregon to Alaska. Down both sides of Georgia Strait to Strait of Juan Fuca you can meet Coast Salish art. As you will see the Cost Salish communities can be found along the Fraser River up to town of Hope.

Under canadianindianart.com you can find out more information of artist, new art, promotions and also ideas for not very expensive gifts as well as links to related web pages and above all you will find huge gallery of Canadian native art.

The Spirits of the West Coast – spiritsofthewestcoast.com

admin — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:13:34 +0000

This is online gallery on Native American Art gallery located in Back Road, Courtenay. They specialize in many different native arts like Haida, Kwakiutl and Kwakwaka’wakw. You can find there many original items of Canadian native art such as jewelry made of gold and other precious metals which is famous of their beautiful design, masks made of red or yellow cedar which were used for ceremonial purposes. That is why masks very often represents spirits and other mystique creatures. Wood Carvings most popular are paddles, totem poles and bentwood boxes made from one plank of wood that is softening by steam and band around to form a box. Talking Stick usually made of wood covered in traditional decoration of shells ivory and silver. The Talking Stick was used to passing the right to speak aloud.. someone who was grabbing the talking stick was allowed to speak during celebrations or feasts

This online gallery was created with a mission to bring closer people interested in native art to original handmade native art items.
All items are shown in different perspectives they are even presented in a special 360 degree presentation. You can also find more sites related to Canadian native art thru links available on The Spirits of the West Coast

Bearclaw Gallery – bearclawgallery.com

admin — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:47:52 +0000

Under this address you will find an online gallery of Barclaw Gallery which is one of the most famous the First Canadian Nations art. Gallery. It was founded in 1975 by Agnes Bugera. Gallery came a long way from a small crafts shop to the most respected Canadian First nations art Gallery They were since very beginning promoting the pioneers of the Woodlands School of Art with its artist Roy Thomas or Daphne Odjig or the Kakegamic family. Over those years they were able to establish solid relations with partners all over Canada and even all around the globe. This gallery also presents an Inuit artists like Mathewsie Iyaituk, Kananginak Pootoogook, George Arlook, Nutaruk Iyaituk and Kiawak Ashoona. Those who are interested in West coast Art will not be disappointed by what Bearclaw gallery can offer to them and that is art of such artists like Cree or Dene, masks and carvings inspired by Kwakuitl, Tlinglit, Coast Salish and Haida Nations. As Bearclaw gallery was a pioneer on the market they has made significantly big contribution to promotion and development of Canadian Native Artists and art.

Through this online gallery you can reach Private Agnes Bugera Gallery Edmonton Gallery Walk Association and ANFCA The Alberta Native Friendship Centres Association