Alderworks Photo Galleries
Summer 2016-2023 Residencies
AW-Jiayi Chen filming 2023
AW-wild roses bath house 2023
AW-Yoga Nitra with Nancy M 2023
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AW-Studio artist-Jackie 2022
AW-Grace playing 2022
AW trio 2022
AW-Catherine reading 2022
AW-bathhouse horse in garden-2022
AW Liz reading 2021
Alystyre film 2021
AW19 Suzie hammock
Suzie Eckl writes in her hammock on the Margaret cabin porch with our dog Hudson.
AW19-Aust reading
Ed Aust reads poetry in the new studio building
AW19-Aust show
Carol Aust shows her paintings in the trees outside the studio
AW19 studio workshop
Looking through photos of artwork by Carol to use as writing prompts for a writing workshop
AW19 Seb trail
Seb describes his “Factory” sculpture of alder and willow branches and moss and how it will eventually be taken over by nature, much like old Dyea.
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Seb Chaloner works on his natural “Lunch” sculpture on the trails behind Alderworks
AW19-Allison show
Allison Nichols talks about her photography during a show in the studio.
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North Words keynote author Susan Orlean talks with NWWS participants at the side entrance to the new studio building.
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Dyea musician JDot plays in front of the studio fireplace for the 2019 North Words barbecue.
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Brian Shellum works on edits to his manuscript about the Buffalo Soldiers who served in Dyea and Skagway after the gold rush.
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Juneau poet Emily Wall chats with a resident during the 2019 North Words barbecue at the new studio building
AW19 Samantha reading
Samantha reads from her work at Alderworks in June 2019
Rachel-Bear origami story
Rachel demonstrates her origami story 2018
Sunflower bird bath
Sunflower bird bath 2018
Dorothy-Rachel garden
Dorothy shows Rachel the new vegetable garden beds 2018
Agnes workshop
Agnes gives workshop prompts 2018
Organizing origami stories
Rachel showing print options for origami story 2018
Rachel workshop
Workshop table 2018
Flower cart-Bea cabin
Flower cart garden in front of Bea 2018
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Eagle feeding on salmon
Eagle lunching on salmon in Taiya 2018
Lindsey reading 2018
Linsey reading 2018
Ariadne Reading 2018
Ariadne reading 2018
2017 North Words BBQ MaryC-Lance
Mary and Lance at North Words BBQ 2017
Lance Tlingit class
Tlingit workshop led by Lance in the Skagway Tribal Council house
Lance class
Lance Twitchell Beginning Tlingit workshop
Chilkoot Irene Glacier
Chilkoot Trail hike Irene Glacier view 2017
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Frequent cabin visitor 2018
Bath house wildflowers
Wildflower garden in front of bath house 2018
2017 Saturday glacier Jen-Paul Theroux
Jeanette hiking with Paul Theroux during North Words 2017 excursion
Kristen W Creek
Kristen W Creek painting 2017
Margaret demo
Kristen workshop outside Margaret 2017
Beatrice Pig
Beatrice the Pig 2017
Demo finished transfer
Making prints from old Skagway photos 2017
Gaylord reading MJ cabin
Gaylord reading on sunny day 2017
Liesl read-Kathryn demo – 18
Reading audience outside Bea 2016
Reading audience
Reading audience 2017
Kristin marker demo
Kristen show in her cabin 2017
Kristin art show
Cabin art show 2017
Kristin flats slough
Kristen sketching on the Dyea Flats
Jessica workshop
Jessica poetry workshop with middle school kids
Lars the barn cat
Lars the barn cat
MaryC workshop
Mary working with middle school kids
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Liesl, Kathryn and Leigh hiking at International Falls 2016
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Liesl reading 2016
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Katherine printmaking 2017
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Liesl writing in Bea 2016
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Mollie workshop with seniors 2016
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Crystal workshop crowd 2016
Mollie-Dot Summit Painters – 7
Mollie painting on White Pass summit
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Jenny showing her cabin
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Penelope reading at library
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Mollie painting outside Margaret
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Amanda greets workshop participants
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Workshop outside Bea 2016
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Jenny, Amanda and Crystal at North Words BBQ 2016
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Patti and Dorothy in the garden
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Restoration Photos
Take a tour through this gallery of photos from the beautiful restoration of our West Creek cabins during the years 2012 through 2014. Thanks to Hanson General Contracting and the work done by Steve, Orion, Eric and Betty Hanson and crew members Scott Weddell, Rory Jacquot, Jeff Blair, Lucas Heger, Dirk Foss, Matt Foss, Jim Devereaux, Brendan Woodard, Scott Lesh, and others, along with the services of Terry & Joe Jacobson, Scott Mulvihill, Dan “Gone Fishin” Lengstorf, Bill Joiner, Zack the plumber, the two Mikes, and Fast Eddie.
Bea interior floor before work
Interior of Bea and her old uneven floor after the glacial silt was shoveled out.
Margaret before move
Eric, Orion and Steve Hanson prepare Margaret for a move to her new location.
Bea cabin foundation fix
Work begins on Bea’s foundation logs.
Bea cabin lifting
Steve and Orion Hanson prepare Bea for lifting with new cottonwood and spruce logs to replace rotten ones damaged in the 2002 flood.
Bea cabin construction
The restored Bea takes shape during the summer of 2012.
105-Milling logs
This portable Woodmizer mill was hard at work at the site for three years preparing cottonwood and spruce logs from the property for use in all the cabins and bath house.
106-Bea upstairs window
The new upstairs loft in Bea with her curved railing and diamond-shaped, stained-glass window.
Bea exterior finished
Bea almost finished showing off her curved arches which were found on the property.
108-Margaret exterior finished
Margaret nestled into her new spot with restored logs and a new roof and porch. She was completed in 2013.
109-Workshop-logs-mill
Milling continues in the summer of 2013.
110-Scribing logs
Orion Hanson and Rory Jacquot make notches in a log for the Bath House.
111-Bath house log set
Placing a log during construction of the Bath House in June 2013. Note the crafted dove-tail joints
112-Bath House log placement
Rory and Orion insure a perfect fit.
113-North Words log demonstration
Orion and Rory demonstrate notching for 2013 participants of the North Words Writers Symposium.
114-Bath house logs-old Mary Jane
The Bath House rafters take shape.
115-Original Mary Jane
A final photo of the old Mary Jane before she was dismantled in the fall of 2013. She was pushed here by the 2002 flood and had severe rot. We saved what we could of her, including her original design. The old MJ is depicted in our logo by Josh Downs.
116-Water line installation
Water lines being installed to connect the cabins to the well and bath house.
117-Septic field installation
New septic and drain field installation behind the Bath House.
118-Mary Jane first logs
Work begins on the new Mary Jane in the fall of 2013.
119-Mary Jane log placement
Mary Jane starts to take shape.
120-Mary Jane logwork
Mary Jane shows off her new dove-tail joints.
121-Mary Jane roof framing
Trusses going up in the new Mary Jane.
122-Mary Jane roofing
Steve at work on the roof of Mary Jane.
123-Bath house roof on
Bath House with metal roof and windows and doors installed. She has two entrances to the baths in front and back.
124-Mary Jane roof on
Mary Jane all “weathered-in” for the winter of 2013-14.
125-Bath house stained glass
Inside of the Bath House with her new stained-glass.
126-Bath house windows-JB
Outside of Bath House showing new windows.
127-Bea stairway-JB
Finish work on the Bea cabin stairs.
128-Mary Jane kitchen counter begin-JB
Kitchen sink and cabinet installation in Mary Jane during the summer 0f 2014.
Mary Jane countertop birch wood
Scott Weddell begins to assemble the birch countertop.
130-Mary Jane stained glass french doors
French doors framed by stained-glass picked out by Dorothy connects the front and back rooms of Mary Jane.
131-Bath house sink stand-JB
Sink and vanity installed in the Bath House.
132-MAry Jane window work-JB
Orion applies window trim in Mary Jane with boards salvaged from the original cabin.
133-Mary Jane countertop construction
Scott sands the birch countertop.
134-Mary Jane kitchen
Countertop and cabinets all finished, stove and fridge installed too.
135-Wood shop hutch
Dorothy and Steve pick out wood for Mary Jane’s hutch.
136-Mary Jane brick washing-JB
Dorothy washes old brick from our Skagway property for the Mary Jane fireplace.
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Orion installs the brick.
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Orion with the finished brick backing and base made from West Creek river rock, which we have an abundance of. See photos of the fireplace with the wood stove on the Mary Jane page.