This Tlingit artist has taught 2,000 people to make bentwood boxes. She plans to keep going
This Tlingit artist has taught 2,000 people to make bentwood boxes. She plans to keep going

A smiling woman stands near a wooden box.

Joanne Williams of Atlin, B.C., was taught to make bentwood boxes as a child by her grandmother, and she's now taught the traditional skill herself all over the west coast.