Crystal Worl

Crystal Rose Demientieff Worl is Tlingit Athabascan from Raven moiety, Sockeye Clan, from the Raven House. She is a child of a Thunderbird and from the Chilkat region in Southeast AK. Raised between Fairbanks and Juneau, she was introduced at a young age to her traditional arts, practices, and storytelling. In 2013 Crystal earned a BFA in Jewelry Metals and an Associate’s of Fine Art in Moving Images from the Institute of American Indian Arts. Crystal experiments with kiln-cast glass, printmaking, painting, and silversmithing. She recently began working with fish skin, seal gut-skin, and furs.

Crystal studies traditional Tlingit formline design and Athabascan beadwork patterns, and experiments applying her designs within mixed media and performance, including aerial dancing.

Crystal is currently learning from and working with master artist Robert Davidson (Haida) as part of a year-long apprenticeship.