Reconciling Crown Legal Frameworks

This artwork is an abstract design that draws upon traditional Coast Salish forms in a contemporary way to tell a story. The story is told through deconstructed weaving patterns and figurative forms. It is about an interwoven landscape. As we follow the work of forming new systems from different traditions, what does that landscape look like? What teachings do we carry? How can we go about existing within this new space in a good way?
The details and different aspects of this design remind us that in Indigenous knowledge systems, our teachings come from the land and they come from each other. It is critical to honour that.

This design is an abstract spindlewhorl meant to embody movement, transformation, and the drawing upon of two bodies of knowledge to create something new. Spindle whorls are used in the spinning of wool for weaving in Coast Salish culture. They are prominent examples of our traditional art forms. In this design, I drew upon Coast Salish forms to tell a narrative of two systems, two bodies of knowledge coming together to make something new.