By Nora O’Malley, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Ha-Shilth-Sa Vancouver Island, BC – Nuu-chah-nulth artists Dennis Hetu and Ivy Martin teamed up with the Clayoquot Biosphere Trust (CBT) on the west coast of Vancouver Island to bring traditional teachings to new welcome signage peppered throughout the region. Installed near the Tofino-Ucluelet Junction, Hetu’s latest carving titled Eclipse of the Hunter’s Moon – a project he worked on with his students from the Toquaht Carving School – can be viewed from the multi-use path. Carved using traditional and modern tools with store-bought Abalone shell inlays, Eclipse of the Hunter’s Moon portrays two wolves hunting during a lunar eclipse. At night, Hetu’s red cedar carving illuminates with a touch of glow-in-the-dark epoxy resin behind the moon. “A lot of my carvings have to…
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