The Guardians are a very special masks to me. They represent a culmination of two things. The first thing is the foundation and backbone of West Coast carving centered around the potlatch, for which masks are created in secret, and brought out to capture the mind and the story of the viewer. The second thing is the use of only one colour instead of many. This colour is oxidize blue and is reminiscent of the ocean. All of the mysteries that behold the northwest coast are steeped in the storytelling ritual that is connected with the ocean and the ocean is where these two beautiful Guardians come from. The Guardians are my very own characters that I developed over the course of 10 years, one is male and the other is female also representing the power of creation.