Tla-o-qui-aht Dugout Canoe 2021

After working as a clear cut logger in what is now known as the Clayoquot Sound, master carver Joe Martin reconciles his past by revitalizing the ancestral knowledge and artistic practice of the traditional Tla-o-qui-aht dugout canoe. At the end of the road at a carving shed at Nachaks (which means "look out over the ocean") master carver Joe Martin carves through the layers of a 500 year old red cedar tree.