Welcome to the Salish Weave Collection website. Salish Weave supports the artists who create contemporary art in the traditional Salish art form and actively promotes awareness of Salish culture and art through Education.

New To The Collection

• Turning Point State II

  Kelly Cannell, 2020

• Salish Rope

  Kelly Cannell, 2010

• Salish Inlet State II

  Susan A. Point, 2020

• Rotation

  Dylan Thomas, 2019

• Synergy

  Kelly Cannell, 2017

• Within the Cedar

  Susan A. Point, 2019

• Echoes and Reflections

  Dylan Thomas, 2019

• Tree of Life

  Susan A. Point, 2019

• Sacred Balance

  Kelly Cannell, 2020
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The Artists

• Charles Elliott

  
  Charles (Temosen) Elliott was a member of the T’sartlip First Nation. He lived and worked in Brentwood Bay on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. As a young artist, Charles carved designs on the bark of the cottonwood trees and styled his own small poles and model canoes with coaching from his father, mother and uncles. Like … 
  
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• Margaret August

  
  Margaret August is a Two-Spirited, Coast Salish artist from the Shíshálh Nation. Margaret was born in 1983 in the traditional unceded Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ territories, now known as Victoria, British Columbia. Margaret’s work is inspired by their traditional teachings and encounters with nature. Margaret began developing their artistic talents at an early age and carried … 
  
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• Luke Marston

  
  Luke Marston (Ts’uts’umutl) is a member of the Stz’uminus (Chemainus) First Nation.  He was born in 1976 to carvers Jane and David Marston who introduced him to carving. He learned Salish history and traditional stories from the late Coast Salish artist Simon Charlie, and honed his talents in form, design and carving detailed finishing from … 
  
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• Angela Marston

  
  Angela Marston (Statu Stsuhwum) was born in Ladysmith, British Columbia in November 1975 to Jane and David Marston, both talented carvers. They taught Angela traditional Coast Salish designs and carving skills from an early age. At fourteen-years old, Angela studied with weavers Kathy Edgar and Minney Peters and began weaving cedar bark. She learned the processes … 
  
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