Inuit carvings

The North is full of great artists who do amazing work. I am going to post a few pictures of the many carvings we have purchased since moving to Igloolik.


Laura's grampa was very excited about her moving to the North. He requested that we try and buy him a polar bear carving with a cub.


Here are the same carvings (at a different angle). They are done by a local artist named Esa. The material used in these carvings is Marble. In the winter, the carvers drive their snowmachines about 8 hours away and harvest the stone from another community.


This is the family of bears that we purchased from Esa. They are also made from Marble and are in different poses. In the real world, the male would not be found anywhere near the mom and her cub.