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This beautifully shot video follows Alaskan master carver and artist Wayne Price as he creates works of art from cedar wood.
While he crafts totem poles, jewellery, artworks, bentwood boxes and wood carvings, in this clip he makes an adze from scratch, a tool he describes as the one “that did it all”.
Wayne, who has been working with wood for 48 years, aims to preserve the traditional methods associated with the 10 000-year-old culture of the Tlingit people, opting to use age-old tools instead of modern technology. He also spends time teaching young people the methods he’s mastered during the course of his career.
“When I was 12-years-old and I saw my Dad carving I knew that’s what I wanted to do,” says Wayne. “That was the beginning of a long career of being able to do art.”
