Haida Hoodies
Description: This unique design features a Haida inspired butterfly. The Native pattern depicts a tribal butterfly design that is comprised of flowing lines and elegant shapes. The butterfly wings spread out of each side of the pattern which creates a symmetrical design. This beautiful pattern is a stylish representation of this wonderful flying creature.
Description: This unique design features a Haida inspired tree frog. The Native pattern depicts a tribal tree frog design that is comprised of flowing lines and elegant shapes. The frog sits with its head at the bottom of the pattern and tongue sticking out. This beautiful pattern is a stylish representation of this wonderful little forest creature.
Description: Haida Gwaii is a remote archipelago off the northern coast of British Columbia, Canada, known for its rugged wilderness, rich marine life, ancient forests, and deep Indigenous heritage. Formerly known as the Queen Charlotte Islands, the islands are the ancestral homeland of the Haida people, whose culture, art, and traditions have shaped the region for thousands of years. Towering cedar and spruce forests meet rocky beaches and windswept Pacific coastline, while bald eagles, black bears, whales, and other wildlife thrive throughout the islands. Haida Gwaii’s isolation has helped preserve both its remarkable natural environment and its unique cultural identity, earning it a reputation as one of the most beautiful places on earth.
Description: A weathered Pacific Northwest adventure graphic inspired by the remote coastal atmosphere of Haida Gwaii, British Columbia. A cedar canoe cuts through cold ocean waves beneath a soaring raven, mist-covered mountains, and dense evergreen forest. Finished with distressed souvenir-shirt typography and an old-school screen-print character for lovers of rugged Canadian coastlines, island journeys, wilderness, and vintage outdoor graphics.
Description: I wanted to make some more fun and cute. And I came up with my rendering of a Haida cat, since cats are so popular on the internet. It's frontal face view, which for me is always hard to get it right with the flow of the formline. Although I'm happy with the result, no doubt that I'll tweak it in the future. Due to my family in British Columbia, for instance Vancouver BC, Haida Formline art has been part of my life. The Pacific Northwest coast is a beautiful place where I spent some happy holidays and a couple of years ago I decided to learn some of its native art. Formline is an indigenous art made by the First Nation people of Northwest coast of North America. The term formline is invented by Bill Holm. We use the word since 1965...
Description: You can't go wrong with Northwest coast Haida art, it's been popular for decades.These First Nations designs are ideal for apparel and always look good. Formline is an indigenous art made by the First Nation people of Northwest coast of North America. The term formline is invented by Bill Holm. We use the word since 1965, but the art is many hundreds of years old. The idea is to create a flowing continuous line with increasing and decreasing thickness. We get negative spaces with a dominant black outline. The negative spaces are filled with formline type ornaments or elements. The main forms are ovoids, U forms and S forms. With these forms the artist composes a complete formline.
Description: You can't go wrong with Northwest coast Haida art, it's been popular for decades. These First Nations designs are ideal for apparel and always look good. Formline is an indigenous art made by the First Nation people of Northwest coast of North America. The term formline is invented by Bill Holm. We use the word since 1965, but the art is many hundreds of years old. The idea is to create a flowing continuous line with increasing and decreasing thickness. We get negative spaces with a dominant black outline. The negative spaces are filled with formline type ornaments or elements. The main forms are ovoids, U forms and S forms. With these forms the artist composes a complete formline.
