McGuire, James
James McGuire is a member of the Stastas Eagle Clan from Skidegate, Haida Gwaii, where he was born in 1953. He comes from a long line of famed Haida carvers including his Grandmother Mary Tulip, the eldest niece of carver Charles Edenshaw.
He spent his youth watching and learning from Haida craftsmen including his uncle Edmund Caulder and his late older brother Patrick McGuire. James was carving on his own by 1970, beginning with argillite then moving on to working with silver and gold, creating beautifully pieces of engraved jewellery.