6.5" Beluga Whale bone by Louie UttaqInuit art: Beluga Whale Inuit Artist: Louie Uttaq Size: 6. 5" long, 1. 5" wide, 2. 5" high Community: Gjoa Haven, NU Material: Caribou Bone id: c n a How Is an Inuit artist carver able to consistently understand the vital spark of his subjects soul? This Beluga whale is an innanimate object and YET, Uttaq has the talent to anthropomorphize his subject and connect us to him through our emotion. I see Beluga slowly swimming across the chilly sees of the

Stonecut & Stencil 2010

And the long hair

beautiful carvings like this will be worth so much more

But having the upper half of the bear facing a completely different direction creates a difficult task for the artist

This is a stunning black whale by Inuit artist Lyta Josephie from Iqaluit

and symmetry of this owl cannot be duplicated

All of Jimmy’s carvings are masterpieces and are highly valued

51 x 46 cm

FLOCK OF BIRDS

Each Inukshuk has its own beauty

SMOKE RINGS

The stone used is carved in a very rare “soft grey” serpentine that endows this lively Narwhal with an exotic and sophisticated luminosity