Indigenous
New England
"We're Still Here"
Online Exhibit:
"We're Still Here"
Online Exhibit
Contemporary Indigenous New England Artists
David Sanipass
David Sanipass is a Mi'kmaq flute maker who learned the craft from his grandfather.
"As a child, I would sit with him for hours to watch and ask questions about the art of flute carving. It can take from five to twenty hours to carve a flute." Sanipass uses mostly lightening struck cedar that he harvests himself. When cedar is struck by lightening, the wood crystallizes and gives the finished flute a unique sound and tone. He also makes sweet grass flutes which is traditionally a grandmother's or woman's flute. While it is played, the flute emits the fragrance of sweet grass which is soothing to the player and those who are listening.
www.wldwind.com/sanipass
David Sanipass contact info: 207-929-6679
160 Hurlin Smith
Buxton, ME 04083
