Shawn Athari

Contemporary Glass Artist

Pacific Northwest Styles

Pacific Northwest Coastal indigenous groups were generally highly skilled woodworkers. Their masks were often master-pieces of carving, sometimes with movable jaws, or a mask within a mask, and parts moved by pulling cords. The carving of masks was an important feature of wood craft, along with many other features that often combined the utilitarian with the symbolic, such as shields, canoes, poles and houses.

I recreate a number of Pacific Northwest images. Some are masks, and others are representational of practical objects of art. My totem poles are among the pieces that I am most proud of. The are large, colorful, and faithful to original.






Oars Example
Aleutian Oars

Bear Example
Bear

Bear Claw Example
Bear Claw Rattle

Beaver Example
Beaver

Eagle pole Example
Eagle Pole

fishman Example
Fishman

Haida Example
Haida

Hokhokw Example
Hokhokw

Killer-whale-Example
Killer Whale

Kwakuitl 127 Example
Kwakuitl Rattle

Kwakuitl No 1 Example
Kwakuitl No. 1

Kwakuitl 171 Example
Kwakuitl No. 3

KweKwe No 1 Example
KweKwe No. 1

KweKwe No 2 Example
KweKwe No. 2

Loon Example
Loon

Arrowheads Example
Pacific Arrowheads

Puppet-Head-Example
Puppet Head

Salmon Example
Salmon

Shamon Example
Shaman

skidgate Example
Skidgate

Soul-spirit-Example
Soul Spirit

wolf Example
Wolf