The Glacier Bay Tribal House Project
Door post with a goat head carved into it Shark backbone doorpost Killer whale doorpost Octopus doorpost Gordon Greenwald with one panel painted and carved Herb Sheakley carving a cedar panel It's been more than a few months since I last dropped in on the school auto shop to see how the Glacier Bay Tribal House project is going. I have to admit, I was pretty well blown away by the amount of work that's been done there. I love to see skilled people at work and it's obvious that the three carvers, Gordon Greenwald, Herb Sheakley and Owen James have carving skills in abundance. I regret that I was unable to sufficiently capture the detail and beauty of the carved objects. It was a little bit hard to get around in the building, and the fluorescent lighting leaves a greenish cast to the pictures. As you can see in several of the pictures, the upright blue lifts are still in place for raising cars off the floor to work on. The shop hasn't been used ...