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The site consists of over 150 carvings of faces in soapstone. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was created by the Dorset people , the culture who inhabited the Canadian eastern Arctic and Greenland beginning approximately 2,200 years ago before disappearing approximately 1,000 years ago, and who inhabited the region prior to the Thule Inuit who arrived ...
Angutitok used soapstone, ivory and whalebone in her art. Some of her sculptures portray scenes from the Bible; she was encouraged by Father Bernie Franzen. She also created sculptures of female figures. [1] In 2002, Canada Post created a Christmas stamp based on her sculpture Mary and Child. [2] [5]
Osuitok Ipeelee RCA (Inuktitut: ᐅᓱᐃᑐ ᐃᐱᓕ, [1] 23 September 1923 - 2005 [2]) was an Inuk sculptor who lived in Cape Dorset, Nunavut.His sculptures in green soapstone of caribou and birds are particularly valued for their balance and delicacy.
In 1972, his brother Abraham Anghik Ruben introduced him to stone carving. [2] He also studied books on art. [3] He attributes the impetus behind making his work to art patron Dr. Allan Gonor from North Battleford, Saskatchewan in 1974. Gonor suggested he use stories Piqtoukun collected in his sculpture. [4] Gonor told Piqtoukun:
Inuit sculptures had been produced prior to contact with the Western world. They were small-scale and made of ivory. In 1951, James Houston encouraged Inuit in Kinngait to produce stone carvings. [24] It was mostly men who took up carving. Oviloo Tunnillie was one of the few women to work in sculpture and to garner a national reputation. [25]
Inukpuk’s wife, Mary, had a hare-lip, which he depicted in several of his sculptures of mother-and-child. The drilled eyes of his earlier works were eventually replaced by soapstone and ivory inlay; black eyes were made from melted vinyl records. [3] In 1953, Inukpuk began carving green stone.
The Inuit oil lamps were made mainly of soapstone, but there are also some made of a special kind of pottery. [12] Sizes and shapes of lamps could be different, but most were either elliptical or half-moon shaped. [13] The taqquti or wick trimmers, also known as lamp feeders, were made of wood, willow, soapstone, bone or ivory. [14]
Kavik was born in Sanikluaq. [2] In 1968, the Lofthouse Galleries in Ottawa staged a solo exhibition of Kavik's work. [3] [4]Kavik's work is held in several museums worldwide, including the British Museum, [5] the National Gallery of Canada, [6] the University of Michigan Museum of Art, [7] the Winnipeg Art Gallery, [8] and the National Museum of the American Indian. [9]
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