BeautifulGwich'in beadwork

  Renaissance thoughts: "The miracle of Jesus."  Christ resurrecting Lazarus (detail), Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Resurrection of Lazarus, c. 1609, oil on canvas, 380 x 275 cm (Museo di Messina)    I really liked this art work painting of the resurrection of Lazarus.  This painting was painted by the famous artist Michelangelo Merisida da Caravaggio. He painted this grand panting, he used oil and canvas.      He gave this painting to the church of SS. Pietroe Paolo in Messina, Siclily in 1609. He passed away the following year. The colors of this painting is in good condition. There are no smudges and discolor on it.      I am impressed and elated that this beautiful painting of, "Christ resurrecting Lazarus" and many other painting survived to this day. I am glad that these hundreds of years old pictures survived and we can still learn and enjoy them.       The colors have not changed, the images are still in...

  This is a grand moose hide beaded alter cloth, it was mostly sewn my my sister and myself. There were many others who also sewn this great piece of art. I drew it out the design on the moose hide. The flowers are all sewn with beads, the large beaded flowers are four inches wide. The colors are mainly purple, blue, red, green and brown. The beaded colors and shape that is used here are the patterns of our grandmothers.  The sides are sewn with dentalium shells and porcupine quills.  The bottom white fringes are caribou hide. The back side of the alter cloth is cover with canvas.  The middle has the beaded sign of Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. The doves represent the God. The beaded flowers represent the rich Athabaskan beaded art work and the beauty of heaven. The beaded writing is written, Deeneek'egwaadhat Jesus Christ, in the Gwich'in Athabaskan language. This alter cloth is six and a half feet long and it is four feet high.  The moose hid...

                                                 Athabascan bone tool to tan moose hide                                                   Nehtthah-bone tanning tool I love this moose leg bone  tool that once belong to my late grandmother, she used this bone tool to tan her beautiful caribou and moose hides. This is an art within itself.  This tool is from the lower leg of a moose. It is a strong leg bone. The cloth upper cloth is wrapped around grandma's wrist and the lower cloth is for her to hold it as she remove the extra meat and fur off the moose hide. She does this in perfectly, that the whole moose hide is all even. The process of moose and caribou hide tanning has many steps.  I am sharing only a part of it, this is to...

  Shroozhri' Paul Williams Jr oozhrii. Tsee Due , Alaska gwats'an ihxii. Dinjii Zhuh k'yaa geech'axtanl. UAF BA hoihihdal eenjit geegwal'ee. Shiginjik Xyaa chil'ee. Naagaii ts'a' ch'aadhah k'axkaii, ts'a' o'ok nan kat neehihdii geet'ihdhan.  K'eegwadhat injeejihyit. My name is Paul Williams Jr. I am from Beaver, Alaska. I teach my Native Gwich'in Dene' language at the school here. I am working to get my BA in Alaska Native Studies. My Native language is an art form to me. I speak and sing in my Native language.  I sew beautiful Athabaskan beadwork and skin sew as an art. I enjoy going out on the land. I am a Christian,  I enjoy search for beadwork on line. at the UAF museum, I also enjoy going to other artist and talk and see their art beadwork. A picture of my art.

  Shroozhri' Paul Williams Jr oozhrii. Tsee Due , Alaska gwats'an ihxii. Dinjii Zhuh k'yaa geech'axtanl. UAF BA hoihihdal eenjit geegwal'ee. Shiginjik Xyaa chil'ee. Naagaii ts'a' ch'aadhah k'axkaii, ts'a' o'ok nan kat neehihdii geet'ihdhan.  K'eegwadhat injeejihyit. My name is Paul Williams Jr. I am from Beaver, Alaska. I teach my Native Gwich'in Dene' language at the school here. I am working to get my BA in Alaska Native Studies. My Native language is an art form to me. I speak and sing in my Native language.  I sew beautiful Athabaskan beadwork and skin sew as an art. I enjoy going out on the land. I am a Christian,  I enjoy search for beadwork on line. at the UAF museum, I also enjoy going to other artist and talk and see their art beadwork. A picture of my art. Shroozhri' Paul Williams Jr oozhrii. Tsee Due , Alaska gwats'an ihxii. Dinjii Zhuh k'yaa geech'axtanl. UAF BA hoihihdal eenjit geegwal'...