Canoe Carver Pedro Zepeda Blends the Traditional and the Modern at CultureFest 305
When Seminole artist and master canoe carver Pedro Zepeda begins a project, he starts by finding just the right tree. Traditionally, a dugout canoe is made from a single cypress log. Walking around Big Cypress Seminole Reservation, Zepeda typically looks for larger logs that have already fallen or died…