#formline art

[telekitnetic-art]

FORMLINE RAPTOOOOOOOOR!!!!!

this design is a birthday gift for my brother!! It's based off one of his fave basketball teams (yes the toronto raptors, no I don't know a damn thing about competitive basketball)

[c-rberus]

✨ stole the sun but i stay silly :3

[sikeyaout]

Coyote the Trickster

[genesisdesigns]

the thunderbird above - la̱xha ts'its'amti

the thunderbird is a mythological bird in northwest coast native american tribes. it is said by many that it creates thunder with a flap of its wings, and in some oral histories, it creates lighting with a blink of an eye.

this design was very fun to make! it's my first full body design that i did, and i'm very proud of it. maybe i'll use it for something, or even write a song for it.

[octo-senpai]

Cute lil Goldie I made, I LOVE HOW THEY CAME OUT <333

[barkingredwolf]

TRANSFORMATION OF THE WASGO

[frettchanstudios]

Art vs Artist 2022. A selection of my work/opportunities for my existing work from this past year. I'm so proud of what I was able to accomplish, it was definitely the year of public art and my most successful year as a small business owner/artist. A lot of murals and art installations around the Fraser Valley as well as being flown to the unveiling of the mural I designed for New Orleans. I had my first solo exhibition and painted my largest work to date. I created a lot of designs for Indigenous-focused campaigns this year, partnering with many businesses. It is incredible to have the opportunity to use my artwork to make a difference. I feel very blessed to be able to make a living being creative and for all the opportunities that I've had. I am also thankful for the holidays as I'm currently on the butt end of art fatigue/burnout and I've pulled back a little bit from social media to keep my mental health in check. In transparency, it isn't always sunshine and roses and I think it's important to share that. I'm very excited about what the new year will bring. New murals and projects are being planned and I'm currently working on a personal piece that I'm very excited to share, it is a goal of mine to create more personal art in the coming year. In 2023 I will be relaunching my online shop so keep your eye out for that. I am so thankful to everyone who supports my work, from the companies I've been blessed to work with to the individuals who commission me or purchase my prints to those that like and share my work with others. It means the world. Happy New Year to ya'll, see you next year!

[godbirdart]

i know i talk about formline work a Lot but like

we’re super lucky to have artists creating this artwork today. while being decently widespread in the pacific northwest, between the tragedies imposed upon the PNW communities by settlers - disease, famine, displacement etc - formline art could’ve gone extinct. we’re seeing a resurgence from the lull of art that occurred not even a couple hundred years ago

there’s no question that there’s a lot of cultural recovery that’s underway alongside this resurgence. we’re still reuniting communities with their work as recent as February 2023. nothing hurts an artist [and by proxy, their community] quite like having their work stolen - especially a culturally significant piece.

i just feel super fortunate that despite everything, we have indigenous artists today that share their works with us. this isn’t even limited to PNW art. I’m grateful I can visit a museum, owned by the local indigenous community, where i can explore Plains art in its rightful home. i’m grateful that i get to learn about my neighbours and that they can share their stories and culture on their terms.

tl,dr: idk!! we should celebrate and support and get to know our neighbours better!! thank you artists for sharing your work

[boiledegghole]

WENT TO MONTREAL FOR THE FIRST TIME AND WENT TO AN INUIT ART GALLERY!!!!

WAHHHH IM SO JOYOUS!!!!!!!! IVE BEEN TRYING TO LEARN ABOUT NATIVE AMERICAN ART STYLES AND THIS IS MY FIRST EVER TIME BEING ABLE TO SEE KWAKWAKA'WAKW ART IN PERSON!!!!!!!! YIPPEE YIPPEE!!!!

[pagansphinx]

James Johnson (Tlingit artist, Juneau, Alaska) • Eagle Headdress • Red cedar, horse hair

Seals • Acrylic on Canvas

THE TLINGIT ART FORM IS THOUSANDS OF YEARS OLD, CREATED BY MY ANCESTORS IN SOUTHEAST ALASKA. MY ANCESTORS PLACED THIS GIFT INTO MY HANDS, I’VE DEDICATED MY LIFE TO PERPETUATING THE TLINGIT ART FORM. WHETHER I CHOSE THIS, OR IT CHOSE ME, THIS IS MY TRUE PURPOSE WITH WHAT I’M SUPPOSED TO BE DOING WITH MY LIFE. –James Johnson

[telekitnetic-art]

slightly late to this but happy Indigenous People’s Day!! I already made a whole thread of my formline art on Twitter, so instead I just wanted to share some of my favourite formline artwork I’ve made so far here!!

[c-rberus]

aks ada la̱k - water and fire. 💧🔥 designs depicting two scenes from a tsimshian adaawx.

[robotblues]

Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw

“THE HARBINGER OF CATASTROPHE” (DETAIL) BY MARIANNE NICOLSON, 2017. GLASS, WOOD, HALOGEN-BULB MECHANISM. COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST. JOSHUA VODA/NMAI, SMITHSONIAN

[unchartedthelostlegacy]

Maybe a lost legacy sequel where Chloe is in Alaska learning about a variety of Native cultures and eating her words about America "only being a couple of hundred years old"

[mottinthepot]

Ive improved on my talking stick and im pretty happy with it. Doing formline on shaped wood with paint is HARD, and im still learning. Its a giraffe 🦒😋

[barkingredwolf]

Red Fox Wooden Medallion NOW AVAILABLE! Link in bio!