Ed Carriere in the Artist Studio

Photo: Stuart Isett
Photo: Stuart Isett
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Date & Time

Sunday, November 16, 2025
10 a.m – 5 p.m.

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4303 Memorial Way NE
Seattle, WA, United States

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Ed Carriere will demonstrate the construction of nettle fiber duck and gill nets. He will also make split cedar limb/root fish traps, shrimp traps, and/or eel traps.

Ed's visit is part of Archaeology Family Day. Learn about ancient technologies, identify animal bones, sort shells, watch a flintknapping (stone tool making) demonstration, and more!  

 

Photos on this page are by Stuart Isett and were originally published in Hakai Magazine.

 

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ed carriere stands on the shore of puget sound looking out at the water while holding a basket on his back
Photo: Stuart Isett
Photo: Stuart Isett

Ed Carriere, a master Suquamish basketmaker, carries a classic burden basket he wove from cedar roots with handles and head strap made from cedar bark and wool. Carriere’s home lies along the shores of Puget Sound in Washington state.

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detail of Ed Carriere's hands as he weaves
Photo: Stuart Isett
Photo: Stuart Isett

Carriere, 84, has been weaving since 1948.

About the Artist

In July 2022, in part because of his replication of ancient Salish Sea archaeological basketry, Ed Carriere was awarded the Native-based Community Spirit Award by the First Peoples Fund, honoring artists who embody their People's cultural assets in their creations and their way of life. In March of 2023, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) honored him as one of its 2023 National Heritage Fellows, recipients of our nation’s highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. In February 2023, reflecting the science side of the work, Carriere and Croes were awarded the Society for American Archaeology (SAA) Award for Excellence in Archaeological Analysis, demonstrating their synergy of culture and science produces much more than either one does separately. In recognition of these national awards, their book, Re-Awakening Ancient Salish Sea Basketry: Fifty Years of Basketry Studies in Culture and Science, is now issued as a special hard cover edition by JONA. To learn more, please visit the JONA Spotlight page.