NW Coast Formline and Printmaking

NW Coast Formline and Printmaking

I’ve stated before my love of teaching our Tlingit formline design. I teach about the uses of our art as clan crests. I teach about the basic rules in order to start designing within this art style. I try to make it interesting, meaningful and fun. So I was...
Meaningfulness and Identity

Meaningfulness and Identity

When I create designs and either carve or paint them, I feel a deep connection not only with the art form and its older roots; I also feel connected to a sense of identity. How is this possible? Sometimes my designs bear a resemblance to the old style most of my work...
New Blog

New Blog

I have been on down time from my job at the Sheldon Jackson Museum, able to immerse myself more in my most fulfilling pastime: art work! I have been uploading finished items to my online store and as I added each item, I would upload a photo onto my Facebook and then...
Robert Davis Hoffmann, Tlingit Artist

Robert Davis Hoffmann, Tlingit Artist

  ABOUT ME Tlingit Indian from Kake, Alaska. Tsaagweidi clan, Xaay Hit (Yellow Cedar House). My Tlingit name is Xaashuch’eet. I am primarily a designer. Though I’ve always loved cedar and have been a woodcarver for many years, I find much freedom in...