Fish skins have long been used to make waterproof clothing, containers and items of adornment in Alaska. Try your hand at sewing with salmon skin during this fish skin earring workshop with June Pardue.
$30 materials fee. Scholarships available upon request, email seed@anchoragemuseum.org.
About the Instructor
June (Simeonoff) Pardue is an Alutiiq/Sugpiaq and Inupiaq artist originally from Old Harbor Village on Kodiak Island. Currently a resident of Sutton, Alaska, she works in a variety of mediums, and is especially known for her Alutiiq grass weaving, fish skin tanning, fish leather and sea mammal skin sewing, jewelry, and beading. Examples of June’s work, such as beaded headdresses and grass socks, are in permanent collections of several museums nationwide. She has taught and demonstrated weaving, fur sewing, and beading in university, museum, and school settings.
This workshop is supported in part by the Alaska Native Arts Foundation and Creative West.