Many schools across the province are drawing colouring an eagle feather template created by Gitxsan artist Michelle Stoney and hanging the feathers on fences to remember the 215 children whose remains were found at a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C..
Posted: May 09, 2021 3:49 PM PT | Last Updated: May 9
Gitxsan sibling artists Alex and Michelle Storey are creating large-scale Indigenous formlines from materials found at secret sites along northwest B.C. rivers. (Alex Stoney)
From the ground, the work of Gitxsan artists Alex and Michelle Stoney might look like little more than a collection of driftwood and rocks scattered along the shore.
But from the air, in photos taken with a drone, lines and forms emerge to reveal large-scale Indigenous artworks.
The pieces, known as formlines, have been created at secret sites along the Bulkley and Skeena rivers. But photos of the creations have been shared all over social media.