9” Bird Transformation by Charlie Ookpik painting Inuit Artist: Oqutaq Shaa

Inuit Artist: Oqutaq Shaa

almost black

The carving is from black argillite stone

Jonasie Faber is a master Inuit carver from Greenland who now resides in Princeton

stale piece of Arctic Bay whale bone and transform it into a dynamic

9” Bird Transformation by Charlie Ookpik painting Inuit Artist: Oqutaq ShaaInuit art: Bird Transformation Size: 8. 5" high, 7 wide, 3. 5 deep Community: Gjoa Haven Inuit Artist: Charlie Ookpik id: c 040 It is a miraculous moment, when you fall in love at first sight with a piece of art. I fell head over heels for this precious carving. I expect many of you will, too. I think this works poignancy can be explained by its rawness and its gentle personality. In this sense, it resembles some of the great emotive sculptures carved