Inukshuk Spirit
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Mudstone, Bone, Antler, String
CA$750.00
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Mudstone, Bone, Antler, String
Dimensions | 7.5 x 7.5 x 2.75" (19.05 x 19.05 x 6.99cm) |
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Product Number | I-93474 |
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Artist | Joseph Shuqslak |
Nation | Gjoa Haven |
Description | Gjoa Haven Joseph Shuqslak was born on September 4, 1958. He is the son of the late Gjoa Haven carver Joata Suqslak. His mother Lena Qiyuk Suqslak is a carver and crafts artist. Joseph’s brother Moses Pameogarak is also a carver. “I do mostly soapstone. Some whalebone, not too much. That’s about it, except when I go down south to try other types of stone, like marble. About two years ago, I was awarded a scholarship by the Inuit Art Foundation to go to Vermont, where I did some work with pneumatic tools. I’d never used them before; it was good. I’ve been an artist for more than 20 years. When I was 15 or 16 years old, I had a job but noticed that people were making money from carving. I tried it and found that just about anything I carved, I could sell. So I just kept doing it. Not seriously at first. It was only about eight years ago that I started really carving. My grandfather and my uncle carved. My grandfather’s brothers used to carve. I watched and learned. Also, when I very young – maybe six or seven years old – I found a piece of soapstone out on the land in a tent. I filed it down to a fine finish and when I showed it to my grandfather, he told me I was a very good carver. He paid me for all the hard work I did. I thought it was pretty good, so I just kept in going. Our main problem now is getting soapstone. We used to be able to just go to the quarry and [ick stone up off the ground. The stone was all on top. For many years now, the loose stone has been gone and we dig out of the ground. And you can’t really do that until summertime. We can’t reach it by boat or by anything else in the summer. The only time we can reach it at all is in the wintertime, by skidoo or sleds. Our main problem is getting an airplane to fly up there and dig it out for the winter. We can’t even get it back to the community when we dig it out in the summer because it’s too heavy. we need some money to get a quarry so we can dig stone out in the summer with a few guys. We’de leave them out there for a while to dig it out like they did two years ago. That soapstone lasted for about two seasons but this spring it’s all gone again. The Inuit Art Foundation is not only educating people down south about Inuit art, but they are also educating southern ways of dealing with Inuit art. They have given us the opportunity to interact with other artists. Some of (those artists’) ideas about art different from ours, but sometimes we find they have the same ideas.” Excerpt from an interview with Dave Depper, recorded in Ottawa in June 1994
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