Alaska: Wrangell Cooperative Association Adzers Learn To Make Bentwood Boxes

Alaska: Wrangell Cooperative Association Adzers Learn To Make Bentwood Boxes   Local adzers use both ancient and modern techniques for making bentwood boxes   Steam pours from a steam box supported by a partially adzed plank as local adzers Susie Kasinger, Linda Churchill and Tammi Meissner prepare to insert cedar boards. Master carver Wayne Price quickly closes the lid and they let the boards absorb the steam for 10 minutes. Under the gentle direction of Wayne Price, the adzers had...

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