This book of postcards presents thirty reproductions of lithographs, etchings/aquatints, stonecuts, and stencils from the artists of the Kinngait studios. Elegant, eloquent, and filled with quiet power, they amount—individually and collectively—to a strong and buoyant statement of Inuit cultural traditions.
The images include:
1. Sheojuk Etidlooie, Qupanuapak (Big Bird) 2. Kenojuak Ashevak , Guardian Owl 3. Ohotaq Mikkigak, Courtship Dance 4. Sheojuk Etidlooie, Ukpaaraaq (Young Owl) 5. Qavavau Manumie, Little Raven 6. Kenojuak Ashevak, Preening Owl 7. Kenojuak Ashevak, Silver Owl 8. Qavavau Manumie, Sheltered Nestling 9. Sheojuk Etidlooie, Raven in Red 10. Pitaloosie Saila, Loon with Young 11. Sheojuk Etidlooie, Mitiq (Eider Duck) 12. Qavavau Manumie, Mating Geese 13. Kenojuak Ashevak , Tulukkaaraminiit (Many Young Ravens) 14. Qavavau Manumie, Grey Owl 15. Kenojuak Ashevak, Summer Courtship 16. Qavavau Manumie, Spring Trio 17. Nikotai Mills, Following the Route 18. Nikotai Mills, Bird Song 19. Kananginak Pootoogook, Raven’s Dance 20. Kenojuak Ashevak, The Harbinger 21. Qavavau Manumie, Young Goose Preening 22. Kananginak Pootoogook, On the Lookout 23.Kenojuak Ashevak , Tattigaak (Birds) 24. Kenojuak Ashevak, Illustrious Owl 25. Kenojuak Ashevak, Naujiit (Seagulls) 26. Kenojuak Ashevak, Audacious Owl 27. Iyola, Loon’s Descent 28. Nikotai Mills, Mother Owl Shelters Young 29.Kenojuak Ashevak, Riding on Mother Owl 30. Kananginak Pootoogook, Hawk Prepares for Attack.
- Postcard dimensions: 4.75 x 6.5 inches
About the Artists
On Baffin Island, Nunavut, the artists of Cape Dorset have been making limited-edition original prints since 1959. Diverse media are available to the printmakers—etching and aquatint, woodcut, copper engraving—but the Kinngait Studios’ mainstays are stonecut, stencil, and lithography.