Visiting Faculty and Makah master carver Alex McCarty will lead this course on design and woodcarving, focusing on the local cultural perspectives of mask making and 3D sculpture.  Students will explore regional Northwest Native styles and form-line design, and examine masks, figures, totems, and rattles from local traditions as inspiration to their own concepts and designs.  Students will carve their own 3D sculpture, each one unique to the individual's identity, culture and/or personal creative expression.  During the first intensive weekend students will learn basic carving skills making a cedar feather and begin rough shaping their sculpture using both contemporary and traditional Northwest coast carving tools. The second and final intensive weekend students will use their original two-dimensional concept designs and transfer them onto their three-dimensional woodcarvings focusing on more advanced carving and finishing skills.