Chilkat Design Class Recordings Collection, 2005 | Sealaska Heritage Institute Archives

This collection consists of five VHS cassette recordings capturing sessions from a Chilkat design workshop featuring Steve Brown, sponsored by SHI on June 13-16, 2005.  The 2005 workshop or class was part of an ongoing effort by SHI to encourage Sealaska shareholders and their descendants to better understand and practice the traditional arts of the Tlingit, Haida and Tsimshian cultures.

This class covered basic form-line design principles based on traditional Tlingit work from the pre-twentieth century period. Students learned about design formation, traditional characteristics, and proposed designs for an individual robe, tunic, apron or special objects.