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Beaver Carvings In Northwest Indian Art Style

Posted on December 13, 2011 by admin

northwest indian art beaver carving

Northwest Indian Art Beavers

They are quite easy to miss so I thought that I would point them out – beaver carvings are not very common and we do have two of them by master carver Cody Mathias of Squamish Nation, BC.

They are found at our Other Carvings section which many people miss. So if you have not seen them yet, they are worth checking out, even if just to see how cute they are.

Do notice their unique beavertails too!

Beaver Carvings By Cody Mathias

Don’t forget to click on each carving to get to its own webpage that has further details on size and additional photos.

No Problems Shipping Northwest Native American Art Masks

Posted on December 12, 2011 by admin

Northwest Native American Art

Just in case anybody was ever worried about ordering one of a kind, unique Northwest Native American art or Inuit art online because of the shipping, there should be no worries at all. We pack everything nicely so that the artwork is practically floating within a sea of bubble wrap and paper inside our boxes.

Also, shipping is not a problem either. Our latest example is when we shipped a high end Northwest Native American art mask by master carver Cody Mathias of Squamish Nation, BC Canada. This is certainly not your souvenir grade artwork that you find in tourist shops.

It is something that you would typically find in a high end Native American art gallery. We shipped such a piece to a very lucky customer in Brooklyn, New York recently and this is what he had to say.

“The mask arrived last Friday in great condition. I feel fortunate to own an authentic piece of northwest native art at a reasonable cost. It will not only decorate my den but also by a symbol of focus and strength.”

Ronald Lukas, Brooklyn, NY

Ronald mentioned that this authentic piece was at a reasonable cost. His Northwest Native American art mask actually cost him 50% of what he would have had to pay for a similar at a street gallery. But since he ordered online from Free Spirit Gallery, he got it for much less.

At this point, we don’t know if we will stock anymore Northwest Native American art masks because they take so long to find new owners. But masks can always be custom ordered as we can easily commission somebody like Cody Mathias to make one just for you.

If interested, see how the procedure would go at our Custom Northwest Art webpages.

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Northwest Indian Art Mask Finally Sold!

Posted on November 28, 2011 by admin

Northwest Indian Art Mask

The Northwest Indian art mask of a Wild Man carved by Cody Mathias of Squamish Nation, BC, Canada was finally sold to a lucky buyer in Brooklyn, New York. This mask was carved in 2007 and even though it’s a high end art piece, it was priced at half the price of typical prices for similar masks at street galleries.

But even with such a high discount of about 50%, it still took some time to find a buyer who was comfortable enough to buy a high end art item online. However, it’s the client who wins since he now has a very special piece of Northwest Indian artwork in the form of a much prized mask by a master carver, for half the price he would have had to pay for at a street gallery.

Free Spirit Gallery still has quite a lot of lower priced Northwest Indian art carvings available.

Here is the Wild Man mask again for the enjoyment for the rest of us at least as a photo.

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Puffin Carving To Be Commissioned

Posted on November 22, 2011 by admin

Puffin Carving

Here is some interesting news. We just got a client who has commissioned us to do a custom Northwest Native American art carving version of a puffin bird. This should be very interesting since puffins are not normally a common subject in Northwest Native American art, unlike eagles.

We have assigned master carver Cody Mathias to do this project and when it is completed, of course we will have some photos here on this blog before it is shipped to the lucky recipient.

Custom Northwest Native American Art

Free Spirit Gallery is able to do a limited number of custom Northwest Native American art pieces by master carvers each year. See the link for examples of previous custom artwork that were commissioned. In the meantime, here is a photo of a real puffin that Cody will base his creation on.

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Northwest Indian Art Eagle Carving To California

Posted on November 13, 2011 by admin

Northwest Indian Art Carving

Here’s another Northwest Indian art eagle carving from our gallery that is going to a new home, this time in California. It’s carved by George Stokes of Squamish Nation, BC, Canada. There are still several beautiful Northwest Indian art eagle carvings by George and his uncle, master carver Cody Mathias, left at Free Spirit Gallery.

Since we are heading into holiday shopping season, they might not last and since they are one of a kind, unique pieces of art, don’t delay to order any of them. See what we have left at our Northwest Indian Art Carvings section.

Here’s a photo of the eagle carving that went out to California.

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African Drums Music At Multicultural Festival Africa Pavilion

Posted on November 2, 2011 by admin

African Drums Music

I usually attend a big multicultural festival in Mississauga, Ontario each year called Carassauga. I was lucky enough to catch an all female African drums music group at the Africa pavilion earlier this year when I was there.

Here is the video I caught. Although it was too short, there is still some great drumming going on here.

African Drums Available

Although we don’t deal in African art at Free Spirit Gallery since we focus mainly on Inuit art and Northwest Indian art, we still appreciate other types of native art including artwork from Africa. We do have a recommend source for African art including tribal masks, sculptures, paintings and even textiles.

If the video here inspires you, our African art source also has African drums as well!

Artwork From Africa For Holiday Season

If you are considering getting some artwork from Africa for the upcoming holiday season, we recommend that you don’t delay this until December since shipping should be factored in. Check out our African art source now as they have a wide selection of items from Africa and do any shopping well in advance of when you want them on hand.

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Don’t Wait Until December For Northwest Native American Art Prints

Posted on October 31, 2011 by admin

Northwest Native American Art Prints

I know it’s a bit early for holiday season shopping but given
experiences from past years, if you have your eyes on any Northwest
Native American art prints, I would urge you NOT to wait until December.

If we suddenly run out of a certain print, we have to get more
limited edition copies from the artist and this can take time.
Then after the wait to get more prints in, we still have to ship
them out to our customers.

Ordering in December may not allow enough time to get
any back ordered prints to you for the holiday season. So we
HIGHLY suggest that if you will be ordering a print for holiday
season, do it NOW. This way, we will have ample time to ensure
delivery well in advance of the December holidays.

In the case of a back order situation, we will NOT process your
credit card payment for any orders UNTIL we actually SHIP the print to you.

See what we have in our Northwest Native American Art Limited Edition Prints section – remember, don’t hesitate to order since you don’t want to be disappointed if you end up not getting your print in time because of delays.

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Video Of Cape Dorset Inuit Art Dancing Polar Bear Carving

Posted on October 8, 2011 by admin

Inuit Art Dancing Polar Bear

Here is a new video of an Inuit art dancing polar bear carving made by Moe Pootoogook of Cape Dorset, Nunavut. Moe is one of the best carvers of dancing bears in the Canadian Inuit art world.

As of today’s date, this particular dancing bear shown in this video is available at Free Spirit Gallery’s polar bears section - piece # ibe-59.

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Pacific Northwest Coast Salmon Carvings All Sold Out

Posted on October 3, 2011 by admin

Pacific Northwest Coast Salmon Carvings

Well, looks like a lucky customer from Toronto, Canada got the very last Pacific Northwest coast salmon carving from our online gallery this past weekend. With original works of Northwest Native art, it’s pretty well ‘you snooze, you lose’ thing. That is, if you hesitate or wait too long to make a decision to secure any particular art piece, it could be gone before you know it.

Here’s the actual salmon carving up above by master carver Cody Mathias of Squamish Nation, BC, that just got shipped out and as you can see, it’s a real beauty!

We are going to put out an annoucement via email soon to our regular readers about artwork and the upcoming holiday season. The only Pacific Northwest coast art carvings we have are the ones we currently have in stock at the gallery.

Secure Pacific Northwest Coast Art

Once any of the remaining art carvings are sold, they are gone. There are no duplicates since they were original artwork and we will NOT be getting anymore for the rest of the year.

So if you have your eyes on any of our remaining pieces, it is highly advised that you quickly put an order in before it is taken by somebody else. See what we have left at Northwest Carvings.

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2012 Calendars Of Polar Bears Available For View

Posted on October 2, 2011 by admin

Polar Bears Calendars

If you are a fan of polar bears, you will love the new selection for 2012 wall calendars featuring them. Here are the front covers we found. Just click on any image to see more of each calendar.

To know more about these majestic creatures in general, see our information webpage on Arctic Polar Bears.

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