| | Produced by the Smithsonian Institution's Arctic Studies Center (Alaska Office) at the Anchorage Museum
A limited number of DVD/CD copies are available upon request. Please contact Dawn Biddison at biddisond@si.edu. For information about us, please visit https://www.anchoragemuseum.org/exhibits-events/permanent-exhibits/alaska-native-culture/.
The Art of Aleutian Islands Bentwood Hats
© Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center, 2014
In March 2012, two master artists and two apprentices worked together to demonstrate and document how to make bentwood hats, supporting the passing on of an endangered traditional art. They shared a week of teaching, learning and studying museum pieces created by previous generations. | |
| 1 | Teacher's Guide (in progress)
Lessons (in progress)
Introduction: QuickTime
Meet the Artists
Patty Lekanoff-Gregory: QuickTime
Mike Livingston: QuickTime
Delores Gregory: QuickTime
Timothy Shangin: QuickTime
Making a Bentwood Hat: How-to Steps: QuickTime
Step 1 | Wood: Selecting, Tracing & Cutting
Step 2 | Thinning the Wood
Step 3 | Boiling the Wood
Step 4 | Shaping the Hat
Step 5 | Taking It Off the Jig
Step 6 | Tying a Support
Step 7 | Securing the Back
Step 8 | Repairing Cracks, Seams and Holes
Step 9 | Sanding and Oiling
Step 10 | Stenciling and Painting
Step 11 | Adding Attachments
Step 12 | Adding the Chin Tie
Step 13 | Preparing Imitation Whiskers
Step 14 | Attaching Whiskers and Beads | 
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