Part of Healing Rattle Series
Yellow Cedar, Acrylic Paint, Abalone Inlay, White Pebbles, Tzhoulem Crystals, Red Cedar Bark, Yellow Cedar Bark, and Red Shafter Flicker Feathers
Healing Rattle : Fire
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Artist/Curatorial Statement
For my Healing Rattle Series, I chose the four elements (wind, water, fire and earth) for my love of nature. I have grown up surrounded by the deep thick forests of Vancouver Island. I spent many hours patiently waiting to see blossoms bloom, for the salamanders to come out from hiding, for the birds to fly overhead and berries to ripen. I drank the rainwater off of the maple leaves, and ate the roots of ferns. I walked bare foot on pine needle trails that were soft and smooth. I swam in the rivers and the oceans. I caught trout with my brothers and took them home. I have lived with and been nurtured by nature. I believe that we are a part of nature. I believe that we are all connected.
Fire
Fire is cleansing. Fire destroys to create a new cycle. It cleanses and neutralizes the ground so that new plants can grow. Sometimes I will go to the beach and have a fire and it is so healing and uplifts my spirits. In our culture fire is used to cleanse and purify in so many different ways.
Angela Marston
Exhibition(s): 2017 Canadian Biennial, Record, (Re)create: Contemporary Coast Salish Art from the Salish Weave Collection, SMASH: International Indigenous Weaving
Legacy: National Gallery of Canada