Alaskan Posters by Bill Hudson:
14th Annual Alaska Folk Festival

Giclee Print of the original handprinted silkscreen poster
Printed on archival paper     
Signed & numbered limited edition of 299 prints
$59 unmatted, includes shipping & handling

This was my fifth poster for the Alaska Folk Festival. While researching ideas at the Juneau library, overlooking the beautiful Gatineau Channel, I came across a book of totem poles —— old black & white photos of classic poles from around the Northwest Coast. I was struck by one pole in particular, which included a Frog emerging from a Bear's mouth.

Totem poles are so named because they include "totem" animals of the clan they represent. They were carved from the monumental trees that thrive in the Northwest Coast's temperate rain forest. Often, smaller animals and human beings appear to be climbing upon, or out of, the mouths and ears of the larger characters. Human beings and animals exist in a harmonious synthesis of body parts.

Totem poles are really historical monuments; each one tells a famous story of the clan they are representing. At the same time, they are a visual portrayal of how all life is interconnected.

I think of this particular totem pole as representing your typical Alaska Folk Festival band —— a collection of musical misfits who somehow fit perfectly together.

Price: $59.00 (shrinkwrapped; includes shipping)

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