Hatch Full and Twenty Fathoms to Go - 2022 Charity Box

Name: Hatch Full and Twenty Fathoms to Go - 2022 Charity Box
Brand: Jody Sparrow
Price: 900.0 CAD
Availability: OutOfStock

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Hatch Full and Twenty Fathoms to Go - 2022 Charity Box

Jody Sparrow

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Description

4" x 3 1/2" x 3 1/2"

Cedar, copper, wood beads.

THIS BOX IS NOW SOLD. FINAL BID $900.00

This piece is part of our 2022 annual Charity Bentwood Boxes auction running from November 26th to December 10th.

Shipping

This piece will be wrapped in multiple layers of protective materials and placed in a reinforced box designed for fragile items. It will be shipped with tracking, insurance, and extra care to ensure it arrives in perfect condition.

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"It was 2014, 7 am commercial opening on the Fraser. I was just across from Steveston below the Albion, my first set as the gun went off. I just finished setting and looked up and noticed the middle of my net was gone and the end of my net the Bouy was nearing the stern of my boat. I thought I snagged the bottom of the river so i began to pick up, clumps of 50 sockeye coming over the stern, chaos as other people from the fleet setting beside me, I'm towing to keep my net straight and away from other fisherman, my deckhand yells to tell me the hatch is full which holds 800 sockeye. i look up and see what looks like 20 fathoms more to go, so I line out my cabin with tarp and loaded it up with 600 more sockeye.... just to think it was only a 3 hr fishery." - Jody Sparrow

Jody Sparrow

CULTURAL GROUP:
Musqueam

BORN:
January 22, 1970

BIRTHPLACE:
North Vancouver, BC

Jody was first introduced to carving at age 7 by the old traditional carvers of the Musqueam community. He is a trained carpenter, and in 2005 attained a Red Seal from the International Trades Association. Jody is a mostly self-taught artist and began carving wood and learning to steam bentwood boxes in 2010. He studied at Emily Carr University and from 2013-2014, Studied at Native Education College in the Jewellery Arts Program under Artist Robert Tait. His various projects over the years include a 36-foot steamed, Salish sea-going canoe for Vancouver Airport (YVR) in 2019. Jody was awarded the Musqueam Mentorship Scholarship in 2023 from the YVR Art Foundation. He continues to carve paddles and make jewelry for local galleries in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. Jody is part of the movement to revive and celebrate Coast Salish art styles in Coast Salish lands, currently passing his knowledge on to his daughter and granddaughter.

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