100cm Eshibhile Onodoli Omdala Omdala Omncane Omadodeni

Umsedari obomvu wawucishe ube ngamamitha ayisithupha ubude, ubude bawo bucishe bube ngamamitha amathathu. U-Gordon Dick wayesika ingaphezulu layo eliyindilinga. I-chainsaw yaluma kuwo, ifutha ama-sawdust. Ama-headphone akhansela umsindo avuliwe, u-Joe Martin wagoba ukuze abuke lapho insimbi ingena khona. Ngesandla sakhe sokudla wenza izimpawu ezincane—phezulu kancane, phansi, kuhle. Umoya ugcwele iphunga elicijile, elicishe libe lokwelapha lomsedari. Unodoli Wocansi We-Silicone Wethoyizi Locansi

UMartin ungumculi we-Tla-o-qui-aht ogwini olusentshonalanga ye-Vancouver Island, e-British Columbia. UDick, omunye umbazi, ungowaseTseshaht, isizwe esingumakhelwane. Babesenza amanxeba okuqala esifanekisweni sempisi ehlezi ezinqeni zayo—isigxobo esifushane setotem. Eduze kwakukhona izigxobo ezimbili ezinkulu, ezicishe ziphelele, zingamafidi angu-24 namafidi angu-30 ubude. Phezulu kohlangothi olulodwa lwesigxobo ngasinye, kunqwabelene phezu kwelinye, kwakunemifanekiso engokomfanekiso: amabhere, ilanga, izinyoka zasolwandle zenganekwane, izimpisi ezengeziwe.Unodoli Othambile Wocansi

Kuleli hlobo, uMartin uzogxumeka enye yezigxobo emzini wakubo e-Opitsaht e-Meares Island, eduze nedolobha lase-Vancouver Island e-Tofino. Unodoli wezocansi 160cm

U-Opitsaht wayenamakhulu kwaze kwaba yilapho umthetho waseCanada wango-1884 waphoqa aboMdabu ukuthi bavumele abaqoqi kanye neminyuziyamu bawathathe ngokukhululekile—abakwenza. Njengamafasitela ezingilazi ezinemibala ema-cathedrals, izigxobo ze-totem ziyimifanekiso ebonakalayo yezimfundiso zendabuko. Kodwa ukuba khona kwabo okukhulu kubenza babe ngaphezu kwalokho, uMartin wangitshela. “Bathi, ‘Silapha. Lokhuwethuisikhala.' ”