crisrhartman

This quilt is inspired by the art of the Tlingit of SE Alaska and portrays a raven surrounded by two female salmon.  I have worked as a ranger and now as a tour guide in Alaska, and appreciate the native artwork and its significance to the culture of the Tlingit people.  The pattern is by  Lisa Moore using artwork by Tommy Joseph.  Traditionally the Tlingit use shell beads to embellish their fiber art, however I didn't want to introduce another color to the quilt, so I used red buttons with black beads sewn onto the 98 black fabric circles, and then larger black buttons to embellish the eyes.