the meaning of ojibwa crafted objects within their cultural horizon is explored through interviews with ojibwa crafts people. transformative philosophy is used as a method to bridge the profound gap between western and ojibwa world views. david abram's work in phenomenology supplies the philosophical content needed for cultural shift t ^ life-world layers are identified; the deep life-world, shared by everyone, in which perceptual reciprocity forms the webwork of interconnection; and the cultural life-worlds ^ ic h overlayer the firs t ojibwa crafted objects are seen as animate beings within the spiritual matrix of the life-world. further, they carry ojibwa traditional cultural meaning. the artisans work in a mode of spiritual awareness to craft, to create, spiritual and sacred objects.