Welcome to the Salish Weave Collection website. Salish Weave supports the artists who create contemporary art in the traditional Salish art form and actively promotes awareness of Salish culture and art through Education.

New To The Collection

• Echoes and Reflections

  Dylan Thomas, 2019

• Rotation

  Dylan Thomas, 2019

• Sacred Balance

  Kelly Cannell, 2020

• Salish Rope

  Kelly Cannell, 2010

• Synergy

  Kelly Cannell, 2017

• Turning Point State II

  Kelly Cannell, 2020

• Salish Inlet State II

  Susan A. Point, 2020

• Tree of Life

  Susan A. Point, 2019

• Within the Cedar

  Susan A. Point, 2019
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The Artists

• Dylan Thomas

  
  Dylan (Qwul’thilum) Thomas was born in Victoria, British Columbia in 1986. He is a member of the Lyackson First Nation, whose traditional territory is Valdes Island, one of the Gulf Islands of the Salish Sea. Dylan’s family upheld the Coast Salish culture and traditions and immersed him into the art of his ancestors at a … 
  
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• Kelly Cannell

  
  Kelly Cannell is emerging as a prominent Coast Salish artist from the Musqueam Nation in Vancouver, BC. Since birth, Kelly has been exposed to Coast Salish art and culture. At the age of 12, Kelly began her art career by creating her first collaborative silkscreen print with her mother Susan Point. Kelly’s travels throughout the … 
  
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• Luke Marston

  
  Luke Marston (Ts’uts’umutl) is a member of the Stz’uminus (Chemainus) First Nation.  He was born in 1976 to carvers Jane and David Marston who introduced him to carving. He learned Salish history and traditional stories from the late Coast Salish artist Simon Charlie, and honed his talents in form, design and carving detailed finishing from … 
  
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• John Marston

  
  Coast Salish carver John Marston (Qap’u’luq) was born in 1978 in Ladysmith, British Columbia. His parents David and Jane Marston, both carvers, were his first teachers and John picked up a carving knife at the age of eight. John was mentored by the late Coast Salish carver Simon Charlie who taught him the legends of the … 
  
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