Inuit art: Caribou
Inuit Artist: Esau Kripanik
Size: 12" (across), 7" high, 2.5" deep
Community: Igloolik, NU 5/25
Stone: Limestone
id: d-9980ajjjy
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**Esau Kripanik SIGNATURE Caribou with Embroidery
Magnificent Carving! Fantastic Movement!
PRANCER'S existence is due solely to Esau Kripanik's perseverence.
She is a Miracle.
Esau drove his Skidoo for two days across the Arctic in order to cut the Brilliant White Stone from the quarry outside of Igloolik.
It is a sad fact of life, that many Inuit carvers lose their lives transporting stone.
His dangerous journey was fraught with obstacles like blizzards, white outs, roaming polar bears and broken ice.
Esau is one of my favourite carvers.
He is talented and innovative AND he has Magic in his fingertips.
Carving a Caribou has its difficulties.
The Caribou's legs taper into the foot.
The "ankles" are thin and fragile and often break either during carving or when the stone is being polished.
It's heartbreaking!
Prancer is adorned with a running Wolf embroidery on one side and a fox on the other.
She appears to be running quickly,
Look at her supple muscular limbs.
Her antlers are her crowning glory.
Prancer's demeanour is REGAL but she is still a very wild creature.
Esau's SIGNATURE is the exquisite embroidery (etchings) of Arctic mammals and birds on his sculptures.
The matte finish of the white store lends itself to these carved motifs.
The finish suggests a velvet cloth.
This beauty will shimmer in your collection.
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