By Vickie Jensen. In this unique book, the author collaborates with renouned artist Norman Tait and his crew of young carvers to document the actual process of bringing a log to life. The intimate text and 125 black & white photographs capture the charged atmosphere in which the pole is carved. Tait teaches his apprentices that carving a pole requires more than time & labor, more than artistic & emotional commitment, more than a grasp of tools & techniques. All these experiences culminate in the traditional ceremonies to celebrated the raising of the completed totem pole. Paperback, 2003, 175p.