Aaron "Splash" Nelson-Moody (Tawx'sin Yexwulla, born 14 April 1967) is a Squamish carver working in the Coast Salish tradition. Nelson-Moody's works include the doors to the B.C.-Canada pavilion at the

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in Turin. He also creates Coast Salish based jewellery. Nelson-Moody's Squamish name of Tawx'sin Yexwulla means "Splashing Eagle" giving rise to his nickname of "Splash". He started as a carver, but branched out to jewelry when he looked for local Coast Salish jewelry for his wife but found little, and decided to make it. Nelson-Moody was commissioned to work on the doors for the Turin Winter Olympics a year before their installation. The doors were made from red cedar. Based on a Coast Salish legend, the doors feature an

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with a sun rising out.

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* 1967 births Living people 20th-century First Nations sculptors Canadian male sculptors 20th-century Canadian male artists 21st-century Canadian sculptors 21st-century Canadian male artists 21st-century First Nations people Artists from Vancouver Coast Salish woodcarvers {{Canada-artist-stub

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