Movie you need to see: “Ten Canoes”
Here’s a movie you Chine bLog readers should see: “Ten Canoes.” The movie recounts an Australian Aboriginal myth, highlighting the culture and practices of the people of far Northern Australia in the...
View ArticleTraditional boat lovers are in the house! Welcome Indigenous Boats!
Our good friend Gavin over at intheboatshed.net has score another great find. Thanks muchly, Gavin, for introducing us to Bob Holtzman and his new (I take it) blog “Indigenous Boats – Small Craft...
View ArticleSkin-on-frame boat treat – Inuit kayak and Ojibwe birch bark canoe
I was able to get in a quick peek at the National Museum of the American Indian, which keeps a few traditional boats in its rotunda. I have written about the semi-traditional Inuit kayak before, but I...
View ArticleCatching up with the traditional boat blogosphere – recent stuff from some peers
I have so engaged in designing and building that I haven’t been on the computer as much in the PMs. I have clearly been missing out on what some of our traditional boat peeps have been putting up. In...
View Article’round the blogs – great stuff from elsewhere in the traditional boat...
It has been far too long (we do I always find myself starting this way? SIGH) since we here at Chine bLog highlighted the great posts others have offered the world regarding wooden / traditional boats....
View ArticleHumanity’s Vessel: a new project that is as exciting as it is envy-inducing
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour’s. (Exodus 20:17) So that final phrase is fairly...
View ArticleBirchbark canoe knowledge coming back to its origins
There was an interesting piece in a recent issue of The Working Waterfront, the newsletter of Maine’s Island Institute (disclosure: we are members), about the comeback of birchbark canoes in Maine. It...
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