Angela Marston

Artist and Designer
Coast Salish

Born in Ladysmith, BC Angela Marston is a Coast Salish artist. Born into a family of artists, her parents are Jane and David Marston who are talented wood carvers. From a young age she was taught traditional Coast Salish art making methods. She began weaving cedar bark at the age of 14, after learning from the artists Kathy Edgar and Minney Peters. In the last 20 years, Angela Marston has been creating and studying Coast Salish design and creating uncommon works of art. Marston graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Vancouver Island in Nanaimo with a minor in visual arts in 2014. Her artwork has been displayed in the weaving show at the Legacy Art Gallery in Greater Victoria. Her piece, the set of four Elements Healing Rattles, is in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada, in Ottawa. She also has pieces in the permanent collection of the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec. Recently she has ventured into the creation of exquisitely crafted and painted paddles as well as dance rattles, involving her skill with decorative cedar bark weaving as part of the finishing detail of the piece of art.

Marston also has an interest in fashion design, and her designs were chosen to be made into scarves and ties for the staff uniforms at the Vancouver International Airport. She also has an interest in Coast Salish traditional medicine, and she collects plants to make lotion and soap for people with hypersensitive skin.