• Materials: Sterling Silver 925 / Laser engraved
• Width:  1" Tapered / 25mm Tapered
  
• Size: 6" in length with 5/8" gap / 15cm in length with 1.7cm gap
• Totem Symbols: Thunderbird
• Artists: John Velten
• Styles: Canadian First Nations
• Categories: Bracelet

Thunderbird

The Thunderbird represents protection, power, and strength. He is considered the strongest of the totem animals, possessing supernatural power and credited with creating storms. When he blinks, lighting comes out of his eyes, and when he flaps his wings, thunder roars. He hunts and eats whales by using the two lightning snakes kept under his wings.

John Velten

John Velten is a Dene artist from New Westminster, BC who creates beautiful, innovative Northwest Coast artwork in a wide array of media. John has had a lifelong interest in art, but his career officially began when he took up apprenticeship under Alano Edzerza and Rick Adkins in 2016. He has since collaborated with artists such as Phil Gray and Klatle-Bhi. John has undertaken numerous large-scale projects including an installation for the City of Vancouver and Translink, a lantern for LunarFest Vancouver, and a mural for the Vancouver Mural Festival. With a degree in 3D modelling & animation, John is one of a select few artists using modern technology to expand the boundaries of traditional Northwest Coast Indigenous design. In 2022, his work was featured in Native American Art Magazine.