One Box to Rule Them All - 2023 Charity Box
One Box to Rule Them All - 2023 Charity Box
4" x 3 1/2" x 3 1/2"
Cedar, acrylic paint.
THIS BOX IS NOW SOLD. FINAL BID $1,500.00
This piece is part of our 2023 annual Charity Bentwood Boxes auction running from November 25th to December 9th.
Alison Bremner
CULTURAL GROUP:
Tlingit
BORN:
1989
BIRTHPLACE:
Yakutat, Alaska
Alison Bremner was born and raised in Southeast Alaska. Bremner is believed to be the first Tlingit woman to carve and raise a totem pole. She studied under David R. Boxley and David A. Boxley in Kingston, Washington. She is committed to the revitalization of the Tlingit language and creating works for traditional and ceremonial use. Her work is included in the permanent collections of, among others, the Burke Museum, Seattle; Portland Art Museum, Oregon; Château Musée Boulogne-sur-Mer, France; Frye Art Museum, Seattle; and the British Museum in London. In 2019, her jewellery was featured in the publication Understanding Northwest Coast Indigenous Jewelry by author Alex Dawkins.
