Simon Daniel James

Simon Daniel James, also known as Winadzi is an internationally renowned artist in many mediums. Simon is a carver for more than 35 years and he has learned many things in his long career. Winadzi attended ‘The Vancouver Film School’ from 1996-1998. His training at VFS allowed him to be able to design more efficiently in both 2D and 3D designs. Simon practiced his carving and sculpting for several years while living in North Vancouver and was asked to carve 3 totem poles for Fukushima Japan in 2001. Those totems are currently on public display in Fukushima Japan since the Fukushima Future Expo. Now living on Bowen Island with his wife Naomi James, with their 2 children, Winadzi has completed 26 episode of ‘Raven Tales’ and is the proud owner of ‘Raven Tales Production Corp’ since 2004  Simon’s style is mainly from his aboriginal culture but his diversity is expressed in his ability to approach all challenges with the client’s vision in mind.