I came across your blog after following a link on Pinterest and read all of your posts about Native American symbols. I wanted to thank you for sharing your research and tell you how impressed I am with your Symbol Book.
I am a jewelry designer and aspiring metalsmith and have a passion for etching. I love to look at symbols, especially animals when getting ready to design my etching resist. Some people use a special type of paper to transfer the image for etchings, but I prefer to design and illustrate mine with a special marker.
My mom spent many years working as a graphic designer and then teaching university in that area so I understand good design when I see it and your book is wonderful.
I dislike how you made the title a very generic, blanketed "Native American". Not all indigenous tribes and nations had the same symbols, and to make these so generic feels like you are denying individual cultures their identity, homogenizing them as Europeans once did in the 1800s. I know this was like almost 10 years ago, but I just came across this in search of writings on twins in specific cultures. Just thought this was something you should be aware of.
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I came across your blog after following a link on Pinterest and read all of your posts about Native American symbols. I wanted to thank you for sharing your research and tell you how impressed I am with your Symbol Book.
I am a jewelry designer and aspiring metalsmith and have a passion for etching. I love to look at symbols, especially animals when getting ready to design my etching resist. Some people use a special type of paper to transfer the image for etchings, but I prefer to design and illustrate mine with a special marker.
My mom spent many years working as a graphic designer and then teaching university in that area so I understand good design when I see it and your book is wonderful.
I dislike how you made the title a very generic, blanketed "Native American". Not all indigenous tribes and nations had the same symbols, and to make these so generic feels like you are denying individual cultures their identity, homogenizing them as Europeans once did in the 1800s. I know this was like almost 10 years ago, but I just came across this in search of writings on twins in specific cultures. Just thought this was something you should be aware of.
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