Corvina Design

Raven Wolden of Corvina Design is an artist, graphic designer, and an Indigenous youth entrepreneur from Sts’ailes First Nation, who started Corvina Design and her second business Get Smashed Piñatas in 2018 in Cultus Lake, British Columbia. From a very young age, she showed an interest in the arts and aspired to be an artist. Her major influences were her mother (Betty Ann Pennier – First Nations Clothing Designer), and father (Rory Wolden – Artist and Graphic Designer), as well as her late uncle (George Pennier – First Nations Artist and Carver). She has won numerous awards throughout her school years including the District 33 Art Scholarship and Sardis Secondary Gr. 12 Art Award. Raven creates and designs ornaments, some of which reflect Indigenous culture, while also creating designs for clients. With the help of Stó:lō Community Futures in British Columbia, Raven was able to purchase a laser printer/cutter to help expand her business by increasing efficiency to create more unique and higher quality products to sell locally and globally, while located in S’ólh Téméxw, the Stó:lō Traditional Territory in British Columbia.