Bentwood

Bentwood objects are made by wetting wood (either by soaking or by steaming), then bending it and letting it harden into curved shapes and patterns.

It is also a popular technique in the worldwide production of furniture with frames made of heavy cane, which is commonly imported into European and Western shops.

Today many are made for collectors and can be purchased from museums, gift shops and online sites as well as directly commissioned from the artists.

[2][3][4][5] The Aleut or Unangan people of Alaska made hunting visors, called chagudax, out of driftwood using the bentwood method.

[6] Present-day Unangan artists create chagudax for ceremonial purposes and offer them for sale to the public as well.