North Country At Work

Gary Pierce turning a bowl on a lathe in his workshop. Long Lake, NY. Photo courtesy of Gary Pierce. Click here for our story on Turner and his quest to make the perfect wooden bowl.

Bob Jones sands a duck on a rotating belt sander. January 2024. Cranberry Lake, NY. Photo by Ana Williams-Bergen. Check out our story on Bob Jones, who has been crafting wooden duck decoys for over 50 years.

Glassblower Greg Tomb uses a blowtorch to seal the bottom of a glassblown pumpkin. 2022. North Creek, NY. Photo by Ana Williams-Bergen. Click here for our story on how Tomb blows glass in a retrofitted barn in North Creek.

Artist Marlana Thompson Baker (left) with Talia Cook, who is modelling Thompson Baker’s jewelry and clothing at the Dress to Kilt fashion show. 2021. New York City, New York. Photo courtesy of Marlana Thompson Baker.

Marlana Thompson Baker beads edging onto one of her pieces. 2021. Akwesasne. Photo courtesy of Marlana Thompson Baker.

Talia Cook modelling an outfit and strawberry jewelry set made by Marlana Thompson Baker at the Dress to Kilt runway fashion show. 2021. New York City, New York. Photo courtesy of Marlana Thompson Baker.

Wayne Baker models Mohawk regalia made by Marlana Thompson Baker at the Dress to Kilt runway fashion show. 2021. New York City, New York. Photo courtesy of Marlana Thompson Baker.

Tekahonrete/Tom Ransom using a knife to finish a mail basket. Akwesasne. Photo from the Akwesasne Cultural Center Museum archives.

Woman demonstrates a basket making technique. Akwesasne. Photo from the Akwesasne Cultural Center Museum archives.

Louise Jacobs Mitchell making a basket with a box of baskets in front of her, Frank Thomas stands to her right. Behind her is the church rectory and a man hoeing in the garden. Kanatakon/St. Regis Village, NY. 1930. Photo from the Akwesasne Cultural Center Museum archives.