Salmonberries - Silver Bracelet with 14k Gold
Salmonberries - Silver Bracelet with 14k Gold
1" wide x 6" long
"When I was a child, growing up in Musqueam, I would play in the creek waist high in water picking salmon berries of many colours and witnessing salmon minnows scurrying along the creek bed looking for places to hide."
-Jody Sparrow
This piece was created for the exhibition 'Flourishing Forms: Flora in Northwest Coast Indigenous Jewellery' held at Lattimer Gallery from October 4 - October 18, 2024.
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.
