Michelle Stoney Gitxsan Hand Hardcover Journal

Designed by Gitxsan artist Michelle Stoney.

The hand was an idea from local high school teachers. They had asked me to create a design to honour the local survivors. In the palm of the hand is Stigyoden , our local mountain in the Gitxsan Nation in Northern British Columbia. Surrounding the mountain are flowers, which in our language we call majagalee , which also means children. And on the top, representing the fingers are the feathers, which honour the children who never made it home.

Artist journals are 12 cm x 17 cm, with 120 sheets of lined pages.