#stone bear

Moody Monday

(via Free standing soapstone carving, bear figurine)

my grandmother's stones I gave to her.

a bloodstone bear I gave my grandmother.

Soapstone carving stone bear hand made polished sculpture animal figurine

(Qaqaq Ashoona (also known as Kaka), sculptor (b at Ikerrasak camp, S Baffin I, NWT 19 Aug 1928; d at Cape Dorset, NWT 2 Nov 1996). Elder son of Inuk artist Pitseolak Ashoona, Qaqaq is a central figure in this remarkable creative family which includes his brothers Kiawak and Kumwartok (sculptors), sister Napatchie Pootoogook (graphic artist), as well as wife Mayureak (sculptor and graphic artist) and son Ohitok (sculptor). A reserved man with traditional values, Qaqaq chose for most of his life not to reside in the modern settlement of Cape Dorset, NWT, preferring instead to maintain a year-round camp on the land. He began his artistic career at about age 18, and his sculpture achieved recognition for the sense of monumentality and strength he gave to animal and human subjects alike.)