{"product_id":"various-inlaid-argillite-motif-pendants-by-sean-gryn-white","title":"Various Inlaid Argillite Motif Pendants By Sean Gryn White","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoBodyText\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-top: 3.0pt; text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eGryn White \u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003eBiography\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoBodyText\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoBodyText\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eGryn White (\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/duugwi.is\/\"\u003e\u003cu style=\"text-underline: #1154CC thick;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #1154cc;\"\u003eDuugwi.is\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e) is a part of the Yaghulaanas clan. His great great grandfather was Charles Edenshaw (Tahayghen) and was chief of the StA’stas eagle clan. From birth Gryn White\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehas\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebeen\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003esurrounded\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHaida\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eart\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eculture\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebegan\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehis\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eown\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehands-on\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epractice\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehis early teens by shaping out pendants for his father Greg White, another renowned Haida artist.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoBodyText\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; margin: 0cm 7.45pt .0001pt 5.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eOnce\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecompleting\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehighschool,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGryn\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edecided\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emove\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eOld\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMasset\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eVancouver,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eorder\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto pursue fine arts courses at Langara College. At Langara he learned how to appreciate all art forms\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003estories\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethat\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethey\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eare\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003einspired\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eby.\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThis\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eled\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehim\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eappreciate\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehis\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eown\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eknowledge\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.2pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof Haida culture and histories that can be incorporated into his own artistic creations. During his time at Langara he also took a special interest in contemporary art and was enveloped with learning about and being able to identify shape, symmetry, negative space, line and form. He then took these new learned skills and incorporated them into his own Haida designs, applying the new principles to the rules of formline design. Gryn has established a strong presence in traditional Haida artwork, it’s also been a goal of his to represent and honour traditional styles and forms while also applying his own unique perspective and style. He tries to find a balance between the tension of creativity and design form in each piece he creates.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoBodyText\" style=\"margin-top: 13.75pt; text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eGryn\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehas been particularly inspired by his great, great, grandfather Charles \u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.1pt;\"\u003eEdenshaw.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoBodyText\" style=\"text-align: justify; line-height: 200%; margin: 13.8pt 6.2pt .0001pt 5.0pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003eThrough studying some of Edenshaw’s pieces such as argillite boxes, plates, and various museum\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecollections,\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGryn\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eextremely\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eimpressed\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethe\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eways\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethat\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEdenshaw\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eable\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto\u003cspan style=\"letter-spacing: -.15pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ebring their traditional stories to life through his sculptures. 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