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# I Am An Off The Grid Artist | INDIE ALASKA
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/indie-alaska/episode/i-am-an-off-the-grid-artist-indie-alaska-gbcwvk/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:54:36.000Z
- Updated: 2025-08-21T06:33:14.000Z
- Description: When cancer struck Wendy, she decided to completely change her life.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Indie Alaska, Season 1, Episode 15, #ZZZ_Episode_da89a386-ea44-4f08-bd0a-7b6bf4083a4a, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_b067a74e-4d91-45e4-9d7b-ab093441ccaf, #v1.16

Wendy Smith-Wood spent the early part of her life climbing mountains around the world and serving for the British Army. When cancer struck at age 27, she decided to completely change her life. Now, she's a fiber artist living 111 miles from Anchorage, and she wouldn't have it any other way.