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That is the N.V., short for Northern Village, aka Municipal Building or Town Hall, for our village. The exterior was designed to highlight the importance of caribou to the local people. The bit with the Inuk hunting Caribou is actually a fully equipped theatre that hosts live shows and movies when Covid isn't ravaging the planet. I like the building's aesthetics very much and appreciate those who provide the services to the town within equally. The photo, itself, is a little flat given how grey things are here today. The sky is less than stellar but I won't complain since it is still relatively warm for January. Seems Europe is getting our weather this year and we've got something more akin to what they might receive here. Global warming.
Low tide at Korok Inlet on south coastline of Baffin Island. Young man from Kinngait (Cape Dorset) laid down to catch the fish by-hand from underneath the glacial boulders behind him. Zoom into a late summer snow squall.
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Amsterdam's many canals are of course spanned by many, many bridges, and just about all of them are fascinating for their details.
Crossing the Admiraliteitsgracht in Amsterdam West is so-called Bridge 381, or better: Vierwindstrekenburg (Four Climes Bridge) of 1933. Designed by Piet Kramer (1881-1961) in the architectural style of the Amsterdam School, its four corners were decorated by famed Hildo Krop (1884-1970), the city's prolific longtime sculptor-in-chief.
Clockwise from the left: The North, symbolised by an Inuk with igloo and two huge walruses. The East, exemplified by a Chinese stevedore, a pagoda, the Great Wall and two steamships. The South, characterised by an African hunter with spear and shield in front of his hut flanked by lions. The West, represented by a business man on the 'phone, adorned by a garibaldi and carrying a briefcase, a car on either side.
Excerpt from the plaque:
Wolf Spirit Eating Man 1979 by Johnny Kakutuk
Hunter Attacking a Giant 1985 by Judas Ullulaq
Hunting in a northern climate – confronting both animals and weather - can be truly perilous, even for the skilled. The giant and the wolf spirit shown here perfectly capture this tension: in both works the human figure is at the mercy of stronger forces. Inuit understand they are a part of the natural world, rather than its masters, and they, like all life, are shaped by the changing environment. As Inuk singer Tanya Tagaq says, “The more you remove yourself from nature, the more you think that the Earth belongs to you, and not that you belong to the Earth.”
Disclaimer:
The following Pingo images were taken in 2018.
Before my trip I was researching the Pingos and found no indication on the internet in regards to visitation rules. There also were no signs up anywhere locally or at the viewing platform once I visited.
I now see there are rules prohibiting the climbing of the Pingos from the base up, signed this March 2021 by the Parks Superintendent.
I have mixed feelings about that. On one hand I see excessive visitations by too many people [since it is marketed to mass tourism] may cause some wear or establish a trail. I was very conscience about not leaving any footprints or cause any damage and on one of the Pingos I found a large piece of plastic, the wind had likely carried up here, which I took back out.
Since it became a Canadian Landmark under Parks management, a viewing platform has been built in a location that gives a very panoramic view of the larger Pingos with no human structures visible. I’m not a friend of board walks and platforms in natural landscapes. They are in many ways eyesores to me as a photographer and aesthetically a small trail has much less impact. But in this location I found both rather well designed. To get to the boardwalk, one needs to organize a boat ride or have a watercraft to get to the Parks dock, which at that time was damaged and difficult to land on.
On the other hand I think it was [could be] an incredible experience to use these Pingos as lookout, just like generations of Inuk have done. The thing missing in these coastal regions are high points. So I can see why these Pingos had an importance for hunters to scan the ocean for game, ships, ice-conditions etc.
The lack of any high-points in Tuktoyaktuk itself, along the coast or the highway leaves something to be desired. Short of flight-seeing the coast from Inuvik, one does not get a picture of the beautiful Arctic coast.
The top of the Pingos are mostly sand with peat at some places and the sides covered by dense tundra shrubs, berry bushes, Labrador tea and some grasses on the top. I noticed some faint footprints in the sand on top, which obviously disappear with the wind/rain and annual thawing/freezing cycles these hills are constantly exposed to. The science behind these ice-cored hills is described in detail in a study paper by J. Ross Mackay:
Pingos of the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula Area
t.ly/Xs9U
and this video by Stephen Wolfe:
Pingo Distribution, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula Region, Western Canadian Arctic
So these photos are very special to me, as I or others may not be able to document/experience these magnificent ‘ice-hills’ again without breaking the law. Drone flying is also banned within the Landmark.
2018 Road Trip to Tuktoyaktuk, NWT via Dempster Highway and the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway or ITH (Tuk Highway).
Excerpt from the plaque:
Tarralik Duffy
Tarralik Duffy is an award-winning writer, multidisciplinary artist, and designer from Salliq (Coral Harbour), Nunavut. Much of her work centres on contemporary Inuit culture and her experience as an Inuk living between her arctic island home and city dwelling in the south. Duffy’s work has recently been exhibited in Ottawa, Guelph, and Saskatoon, and her fine jewelry line, Ugly Fish, has appeared in fashion events and gallery shops across Canada, Duffy’s Inuit Art Quarterly essay on artist Jutai Toonoo was featured in the 2019 edition of Best Canadian Essays, and she is the 2021 recipient of the Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award.
Excerpt from the plaque:
Tarralik Duffy
Tarralik Duffy is an award-winning writer, multidisciplinary artist, and designer from Salliq (Coral Harbour), Nunavut. Much of her work centres on contemporary Inuit culture and her experience as an Inuk living between her arctic island home and city dwelling in the south. Duffy’s work has recently been exhibited in Ottawa, Guelph, and Saskatoon, and her fine jewelry line, Ugly Fish, has appeared in fashion events and gallery shops across Canada, Duffy’s Inuit Art Quarterly essay on artist Jutai Toonoo was featured in the 2019 edition of Best Canadian Essays, and she is the 2021 recipient of the Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award.
As an urban Inuk artist, Takpannie forges new visions of modern Inuit life that redress the misconceptions and stereotypes imposed on Iunuit peoples by non-Inuk. With this series, she honours missing and murdered Indigenous women through performance. Using movement and red smoke she makes a powerful statement on lives lost as she expresses Indigenous anger and frustration at the lack of justice for these victims of racism and violence. Her declarative titles convey a message of support for Inuit women and their experience in the urban landscape.
Meet Inuk, upclose and personal.
Inuk is the Mystic Aquarium's male Beluga whale. He is an amazing creature who shows a great deal of curiosity and intelligence. When the crowds are thin at the Aquarium and there are only a few people in front of the glass he will sometimes stay and watch those people closely. Especially children who are more calm.
Some people ask if whales have ears at the aquarium...here you can see the small opening behind the eye, that's Inuk's ear.
Status: Vulnerable, growing risk; mostly from pollution of native waters but also hunting.
IUCN Redlist: Vulnerable
Cook Inlet Alaska Population: Critically Endangered.
CITES: Appendix 2
Wow! Featured as the #2 most interesting photo for July 4th!
Unfortunately Inuk died on the 20th of February 2010 from kidney failure. He was 28 years old and will be missed.
Excerpt from the plaque:
Wolf Spirit Eating Man 1979 by Johnny Kakutuk
Hunter Attacking a Giant 1985 by Judas Ullulaq
Hunting in a northern climate – confronting both animals and weather - can be truly perilous, even for the skilled. The giant and the wolf spirit shown here perfectly capture this tension: in both works the human figure is at the mercy of stronger forces. Inuit understand they are a part of the natural world, rather than its masters, and they, like all life, are shaped by the changing environment. As Inuk singer Tanya Tagaq says, “The more you remove yourself from nature, the more you think that the Earth belongs to you, and not that you belong to the Earth.”
Iqaluit has been a traditional fishing location used by Inuit for thousands of years. The name, Iqaluit, comes from Inuktitut Iqaluit (ᐃᖃᓗᐃᑦ) which means "place of many fish."
World War II provided in an influx of non-Inuit to the area in 1942, when the United States built Frobisher Bay Air Base there, on a long-term lease from the Government of Canada, in order to provide a stop-over and refuelling site for the short-range aircraft being ferried to Europe to support the war effort. Iqaluit's first permanent resident was Nakasuk, an Inuk guide who helped United States Army Air Forces planners to choose a site with a large flat area suitable for a landing strip. The wartime airstrip was known as Crystal Two, was part of the Crimson Route and operates today as Iqaluit Airport.
It had long been used as a campsite and fishing spot by the Inuit, who called it Iqaluit – "place of many fish" in Inuktitut. The US and Canadian authorities named it Frobisher Bay, after the name of the body of water it borders.
In the mid-1950s, the population of Frobisher Bay increased rapidly during the construction of the Distant Early Warning Line (DEW line).
Hundreds of mostly non-Inuit construction workers, military personnel, and administrative staff moved into the community, and several hundred Inuit followed, to take advantage of the access to jobs and medical care provided by the base operations. By 1957, 489 of the town's 1,200 residents were reported to be Inuit. After 1959, the Canadian government established permanent services at Frobisher Bay, including full-time doctors, a school, and social services. The Inuit population grew rapidly in response, as the government encouraged Inuit to settle permanently in communities supported by government services.
Tundra Valley is one of the newer neighborhoods of Iqaluit, a city that now numbers close to 9000 permanent residents.
An entire world view is contained within the gracefully arcing forms of this set of antlers. Antler is a fairly common medium in Inuit art, but the inclusion of a full pair is a rarity. Oopakak demonstrated extraordinary technical skill in his ability to carve figures in this delicate material. His training jewellery making comes into play in the precise and delicate details.
Shuvinai Ashoona (b. 1961)
John Noestheden (b.1945)
In Inuktut. Sila is a term that has no direct meaning, and its definition differs from Inuk to Inuk. It can be associated with one’s spirit or breath, but also with the environment – the air and skies. It is, essentially, the key to everything that exists.
In “Eath and Sky” – a collaborative piece by Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona and Canadian artist John Noestheden – concepts of sila come together, combining Ashoona’s artistic use of the Fineliner pen to depict the earth and lands with Noestheden’s own sensibilities and imaginings of the cosmos using collage.
“Earth and Sky” allows us to think about our own sila – our connection to the lands and skies – and to situate ourselves within the greater universe.
We had a celebration of Culture in town two days past. I am going through the photos now and processing them up a bit. This is a student wearing traditional clothing. Her snow googles, made of bone, were a particularly fascinating accessory to me. I had only ever seen them in museums before.
Excerpt from the plaque:
Tarralik Duffy
Tarralik Duffy is an award-winning writer, multidisciplinary artist, and designer from Salliq (Coral Harbour), Nunavut. Much of her work centres on contemporary Inuit culture and her experience as an Inuk living between her arctic island home and city dwelling in the south. Duffy’s work has recently been exhibited in Ottawa, Guelph, and Saskatoon, and her fine jewelry line, Ugly Fish, has appeared in fashion events and gallery shops across Canada, Duffy’s Inuit Art Quarterly essay on artist Jutai Toonoo was featured in the 2019 edition of Best Canadian Essays, and she is the 2021 recipient of the Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award.
Final image of the Pingo set. Split pingo and Arctic coast from Ibyuk pingo.
Disclaimer:
The following Pingo images were taken in 2018.
Before my trip I was researching the Pingos and found no indication on the internet in regards to visitation rules. There also were no signs up anywhere locally or at the viewing platform once I visited.
I now see there are rules prohibiting the climbing of the Pingos from the base up, signed this March 2021 by the Parks Superintendent.
I have mixed feelings about that. On one hand I see excessive visitations by too many people [since it is marketed to mass tourism] may cause some wear or establish a trail. I was very conscience about not leaving any footprints or cause any damage and on one of the Pingos I found a large piece of plastic, the wind had likely carried up here, which I took back out.
Since it became a Canadian Landmark under Parks management, a viewing platform has been built in a location that gives a very panoramic view of the larger Pingos with no human structures visible. I’m not a friend of board walks and platforms in natural landscapes. They are in many ways eyesores to me as a photographer and aesthetically a small trail has much less impact. But in this location I found both rather well designed. To get to the boardwalk, one needs to organize a boat ride or have a watercraft to get to the Parks dock, which at that time was damaged and difficult to land on.
On the other hand I think it was [could be] an incredible experience to use these Pingos as lookout, just like generations of Inuk have done. The thing missing in these coastal regions are high points. So I can see why these Pingos had an importance for hunters to scan the ocean for game, ships, ice-conditions etc.
The lack of any high-points in Tuktoyaktuk itself, along the coast or the highway leaves something to be desired. Short of flight-seeing the coast from Inuvik, one does not get a picture of the beautiful Arctic coast.
The top of the Pingos are mostly sand with peat at some places and the sides covered by dense tundra shrubs, berry bushes, Labrador tea and some grasses on the top. I noticed some faint footprints in the sand on top, which obviously disappear with the wind/rain and annual thawing/freezing cycles these hills are constantly exposed to. The science behind these ice-cored hills is described in detail in a study paper by J. Ross Mackay:
Pingos of the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula Area
t.ly/Xs9U
and this video by Stephen Wolfe:
Pingo Distribution, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula Region, Western Canadian Arctic
So these photos are very special to me, as I or others may not be able to document/experience these magnificent ‘ice-hills’ again without breaking the law. Drone flying is also banned within the Landmark.
2018 Road Trip to Tuktoyaktuk, NWT via Dempster Highway and the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway or ITH (Tuk Highway).
The old level crossing post at Somersham which was on the St-Ives to March line and closed to passengers in 1967.
The railway station was immediately to left side of level crossing post and was carefully taken apart in the 1970's for reassembly at Fawley private railway.See here www.anglemog.inuk.com/articles/general/FawleySteam2001/fa...
Shuvinai Ashoona (b. 1961)
John Noestheden (b.1945)
In Inuktut. Sila is a term that has no direct meaning, and its definition differs from Inuk to Inuk. It can be associated with one’s spirit or breath, but also with the environment – the air and skies. It is, essentially, the key to everything that exists.
In “Eath and Sky” – a collaborative piece by Inuk artist Shuvinai Ashoona and Canadian artist John Noestheden – concepts of sila come together, combining Ashoona’s artistic use of the Fineliner pen to depict the earth and lands with Noestheden’s own sensibilities and imaginings of the cosmos using collage.
“Earth and Sky” allows us to think about our own sila – our connection to the lands and skies – and to situate ourselves within the greater universe.
As an urban Inuk artist, Takpannie forges new visions of modern Inuit life that redress the misconceptions and stereotypes imposed on Iunuit peoples by non-Inuk. With this series, she honours missing and murdered Indigenous women through performance. Using movement and red smoke she makes a powerful statement on lives lost as she expresses Indigenous anger and frustration at the lack of justice for these victims of racism and violence. Her declarative titles convey a message of support for Inuit women and their experience in the urban landscape.
Disclaimer:
The following Pingo images were taken in 2018.
Before my trip I was researching the Pingos and found no indication on the internet in regards to visitation rules. There also were no signs up anywhere locally or at the viewing platform once I visited.
I now see there are rules prohibiting the climbing of the Pingos from the base up, signed this March 2021 by the Parks Superintendent.
I have mixed feelings about that. On one hand I see excessive visitations by too many people [since it is marketed to mass tourism] may cause some wear or establish a trail. I was very conscience about not leaving any footprints or cause any damage and on one of the Pingos I found a large piece of plastic, the wind had likely carried up here, which I took back out.
Since it became a Canadian Landmark under Parks management, a viewing platform has been built in a location that gives a very panoramic view of the larger Pingos with no human structures visible. I’m not a friend of board walks and platforms in natural landscapes. They are in many ways eyesores to me as a photographer and aesthetically a small trail has much less impact. But in this location I found both rather well designed. To get to the boardwalk, one needs to organize a boat ride or have a watercraft to get to the Parks dock, which at that time was damaged and difficult to land on.
On the other hand I think it was [could be] an incredible experience to use these Pingos as lookout, just like generations of Inuk have done. The thing missing in these coastal regions are high points. So I can see why these Pingos had an importance for hunters to scan the ocean for game, ships, ice-conditions etc.
The lack of any high-points in Tuktoyaktuk itself, along the coast or the highway leaves something to be desired. Short of flight-seeing the coast from Inuvik, one does not get a picture of the beautiful Arctic coast.
The top of the Pingos are mostly sand with peat at some places and the sides covered by dense tundra shrubs, berry bushes, Labrador tea and some grasses on the top. I noticed some faint footprints in the sand on top, which obviously disappear with the wind/rain and annual thawing/freezing cycles these hills are constantly exposed to. The science behind these ice-cored hills is described in detail in a study paper by J. Ross Mackay:
Pingos of the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula Area
t.ly/Xs9U
and this video by Stephen Wolfe:
Pingo Distribution, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula Region, Western Canadian Arctic
So these photos are very special to me, as I or others may not be able to document/experience these magnificent ‘ice-hills’ again without breaking the law. Drone flying is also banned within the Landmark.
2018 Road Trip to Tuktoyaktuk, NWT via Dempster Highway and the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway or ITH (Tuk Highway).
Wall mural underway in a hamlet office, Nunavut, Canada. Seal hunter's trousers may or may not turn up.
Disclaimer:
The following Pingo images were taken in 2018.
Before my trip I was researching the Pingos and found no indication on the internet in regards to visitation rules. There also were no signs up anywhere locally or at the viewing platform once I visited.
I now see there are rules prohibiting the climbing of the Pingos from the base up, signed this March 2021 by the Parks Superintendent.
I have mixed feelings about that. On one hand I see excessive visitations by too many people [since it is marketed to mass tourism] may cause some wear or establish a trail. I was very conscience about not leaving any footprints or cause any damage and on one of the Pingos I found a large piece of plastic, the wind had likely carried up here, which I took back out.
Since it became a Canadian Landmark under Parks management, a viewing platform has been built in a location that gives a very panoramic view of the larger Pingos with no human structures visible. I’m not a friend of board walks and platforms in natural landscapes. They are in many ways eyesores to me as a photographer and aesthetically a small trail has much less impact. But in this location I found both rather well designed. To get to the boardwalk, one needs to organize a boat ride or have a watercraft to get to the Parks dock, which at that time was damaged and difficult to land on.
On the other hand I think it was [could be] an incredible experience to use these Pingos as lookout, just like generations of Inuk have done. The thing missing in these coastal regions are high points. So I can see why these Pingos had an importance for hunters to scan the ocean for game, ships, ice-conditions etc.
The lack of any high-points in Tuktoyaktuk itself, along the coast or the highway leaves something to be desired. Short of flight-seeing the coast from Inuvik, one does not get a picture of the beautiful Arctic coast.
The top of the Pingos are mostly sand with peat at some places and the sides covered by dense tundra shrubs, berry bushes, Labrador tea and some grasses on the top. I noticed some faint footprints in the sand on top, which obviously disappear with the wind/rain and annual thawing/freezing cycles these hills are constantly exposed to. The science behind these ice-cored hills is described in detail in a study paper by J. Ross Mackay:
Pingos of the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula Area
t.ly/Xs9U
and this video by Stephen Wolfe:
Pingo Distribution, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula Region, Western Canadian Arctic
So these photos are very special to me, as I or others may not be able to document/experience these magnificent ‘ice-hills’ again without breaking the law. Drone flying is also banned within the Landmark.
2018 Road Trip to Tuktoyaktuk, NWT via Dempster Highway and the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway or ITH (Tuk Highway).
Excerpt from the plaque:
Floe/Flow by Jimmy Manning: This installation by Kinngait-based Inuk artist Jimmy Manning elicits a sense of awe and of deep time, while ringing the global alarm. Conveying a palpable tension, his delicate and haunting photographs of Arctic icebergs fuse with the ancient Precambrian stones in Devonian Pond to generate a new space-a composite landscape reminding viewers of the natural world’s power and beauty, while warning of things to come.
For over forty years Manning has photographed the people, wildlife, and world around him. He considers icebergs to be natural sculptures-they come in so many shapes and sizes, and the grooves carved by melting streams of ancient ice create crevasses and shadows that capture the light in alluring and surprising ways. While an inspiration to many photographers, icebergs are also a litmus test for our rapidly heating planet. Manning’s photographs-adhered to the huge, two-billion-year-old boulders imported from the Canadian Shield and placed at the centre of a human-made pond in the middle of the metropolis-are striking reminders of the planet’s melting ice caps.
Inuit maintain a keen awareness of the world around them. This highly-developed sense of the land and water lends itself to a life of making striking and emotionally-laden art. Manning’s eye for light and composition, and his intimate knowledge of Arctic conditions, bring the natural frozen masses to life within a city of stone and metal.
Disclaimer:
The following Pingo images were taken in 2018.
Before my trip I was researching the Pingos and found no indication on the internet in regards to visitation rules. There also were no signs up anywhere locally or at the viewing platform once I visited.
I now see there are rules prohibiting the climbing of the Pingos from the base up, signed this March 2021 by the Parks Superintendent.
I have mixed feelings about that. On one hand I see excessive visitations by too many people [since it is marketed to mass tourism] may cause some wear or establish a trail. I was very conscience about not leaving any footprints or cause any damage and on one of the Pingos I found a large piece of plastic, the wind had likely carried up here, which I took back out.
Since it became a Canadian Landmark under Parks management, a viewing platform has been built in a location that gives a very panoramic view of the larger Pingos with no human structures visible. I’m not a friend of board walks and platforms in natural landscapes. They are in many ways eyesores to me as a photographer and aesthetically a small trail has much less impact. But in this location I found both rather well designed. To get to the boardwalk, one needs to organize a boat ride or have a watercraft to get to the Parks dock, which at that time was damaged and difficult to land on.
On the other hand I think it was [could be] an incredible experience to use these Pingos as lookout, just like generations of Inuk have done. The thing missing in these coastal regions are high points. So I can see why these Pingos had an importance for hunters to scan the ocean for game, ships, ice-conditions etc.
The lack of any high-points in Tuktoyaktuk itself, along the coast or the highway leaves something to be desired. Short of flight-seeing the coast from Inuvik, one does not get a picture of the beautiful Arctic coast.
The top of the Pingos are mostly sand with peat at some places and the sides covered by dense tundra shrubs, berry bushes, Labrador tea and some grasses on the top. I noticed some faint footprints in the sand on top, which obviously disappear with the wind/rain and annual thawing/freezing cycles these hills are constantly exposed to. The science behind these ice-cored hills is described in detail in a study paper by J. Ross Mackay:
Pingos of the Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula Area
t.ly/Xs9U
and this video by Stephen Wolfe:
Pingo Distribution, Tuktoyaktuk Peninsula Region, Western Canadian Arctic
So these photos are very special to me, as I or others may not be able to document/experience these magnificent ‘ice-hills’ again without breaking the law. Drone flying is also banned within the Landmark.
2018 Road Trip to Tuktoyaktuk, NWT via Dempster Highway and the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway or ITH (Tuk Highway).
An entire world view is contained within the gracefully arcing forms of this set of antlers. Antler is a fairly common medium in Inuit art, but the inclusion of a full pair is a rarity. Oopakak demonstrated extraordinary technical skill in his ability to carve figures in this delicate material. His training jewellery making comes into play in the precise and delicate details.
Inuk child with puppies
Definitely not my best image from a technical or artistic point of view but it has captured the inherent charm of a child with puppies. Plus, I want to get back to shooting with a purpose. It has been to long since I engaged in photography beyond shooting for events at work.
It all starts with an idea and the hands of the artistic designer turn it into a work of art. At this stage, sketches, models, working models and many calculations come together to validate the feasibility of the concept and to perfect the first technical choices.
Then come the engineers who create the structure, and then the welders take over. After that, it's time for the horticulturalists to work their magic: filling, irrigation, planting, maintenance.
Sikkuark often depicted his shamans and spirits with an incomplete leg, on the point of falling - an ungainly stance that elicits humour and empathy for their predicament. The artist may have been inspired by an actual Inuk, Pualukaq from Qamani'tuaq (Baker Lake), who had a wooden leg and lived in the same territories as Sikkuark when he was a child.
An entire world view is contained within the gracefully arcing forms of this set of antlers. Antler is a fairly common medium in Inuit art, but the inclusion of a full pair is a rarity. Oopakak demonstrated extraordinary technical skill in his ability to carve figures in this delicate material. His training jewellery making comes into play in the precise and delicate details.
Sikkuark often depicted his shamans and spirits with an incomplete leg, on the point of falling - an ungainly stance that elicits humour and empathy for their predicament. The artist may have been inspired by an actual Inuk, Pualukaq from Qamani'tuaq (Baker Lake), who had a wooden leg and lived in the same territories as Sikkuark when he was a child.