{"id":4513,"date":"2015-08-18T04:42:17","date_gmt":"2015-08-18T03:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tissusetartisansdumonde.fr\/?p=4513"},"modified":"2016-11-30T23:47:59","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T22:47:59","slug":"danielle-morsette-coast-salish-weaver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tissusetartisansdumonde.fr\/en\/danielle-morsette-coast-salish-weaver\/","title":{"rendered":"Danielle Morsette, contemporary Coast Salish weaver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/136047718?color=ffffff&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"520\" height=\"292\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Danielle Morsette is twenty-seven years old. She has been practicing weaving for over ten years. She was born in Montana, from a father of the St\u00f3: l\u014d nation and a mother of the Suquamish tribe, and she then grew up in British Columbia, Canada. She currently lives in Vancouver with her husband and her young son in the northern part of the town right near Vancouver Harbor. Danielle designs\u00a0weavings in the Coast Salish tradition. This name refers to an ensemble of Northwestern Coast native\u00a0tribes that are spread out from the southern part of British Columbia,\u00a0Canada to the states of Washington, Idaho and Montana in the US.<\/p>\n<p>Her finger-weaving practice is deeply rooted in her native origins. Through\u00a0her woolen blankets, she explores and celebrates the\u00a0legacy of her ancestors. On her loom &#8211; a fixed structure with\u00a0two horizontal crossbars holding the warp under tension on each side &#8211; Danielle Morsette fills the\u00a0whole surface starting from the bottom. She manually passes the\u00a0shuttle of thick wool yarn from one selvedge to the other, gently tapping each row with a comb. In addition to her\u00a0skillful use of twill and twining techniques, she unfolds in her work a typical repertoire of geometric shapes in the\u00a0Coast Salish style: chevron,\u00a0zigzag, stripes and lozenges. Her designs constantly\u00a0push the tradition further. Morsette aims to renew the technique with bold patterns, by combining\u00a0cedar bark with wool weaving, or by using unusual and sophisticated hues.<\/p>\n<p>Danielle Morsette is considered\u00a0an experienced weaver, as the depositary of her community&#8217;s cultural identity, expressing\u00a0her origins\u00a0through her blankets. She is\u00a0often commissioned\u00a0to create\u00a0ceremonial attire\u00a0that will be worn during the <em>potlatch<\/em> ceremonies, the traditional Pacific Northwestern Coast gift-giving gatherings. Making a regalia would\u00a0take her several weeks of intensive work. Both determined and humble, Danielle actively cultivates her art.\u00a0Weaving has gradually become her way of life. She usually\u00a0weaves at\u00a0night, when she manages to\u00a0steal\u00a0a moment of\u00a0calm,\u00a0after taking care\u00a0of her son during the\u00a0day. She is also committed in\u00a0teaching\u00a0her know-how\u00a0to other members of her tribe. A\u00a0woman of her time,\u00a0Danielle Morsette\u00a0balances\u00a0harmoniously between respecting her family legacy and embracing\u00a0her own contemporary vision.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Danielle Morsette is twenty-seven years old. She has been practicing weaving for over ten years. 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