With a generous grant from Ontario Arts Council, our Ann and Blandina got a chance to visit the print studio in Cape Dorset, which just celebrated its 50th anniversary last year. The print studio artists were busy at work preparing for the annual fall collection. Below is a little preview of what is to come on October 3rd, 2010.
On October 3rd, as a part of Ontario Crafts Council's CraftTalk, Ann and Blandina will be sharing their journey to the North. The space is limited so please RSVP directly with Blandina at bmakkik@craft.on.ca.
Time: Sunday, October 3rd, 2010, from 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: The Textile Museum of Canada, Auditorium, 55 Centre Avenue, Toronto.
Kavavaow Mannomee stenciling colour to the plummage of his stonecut bird.
Tukiki Manomie contemplating
Qiatsuq Niviaqsi transfers ink onto paper from the stonecut of Kenojuak's Owl.
Blandina and Ann are delighted to meet the great sculptor, Toonoo Sharky.
A lovely carving of bears by Taqialuk Nuna, one of many beautiful carvings that Blandina and Ann hand picked for The Guild Shop
Green serpentinite stone carving of a caribou by Pabwina Petaulassie
Niviaksie Quvianatuliak explains the many steps involved in the printmaking process.
Kenojuak Ashevak drops by the print shop, her granddaughter beside her, while Jutai Toonoo looks on.
Pitseolak Niviaqsi inks a lithograph plate to add colour to Ningeokuluk Teevee's Sedna.
Pitseolak Niviaqsi brings the paper through the press.
Pitseolak Niviaqsi about to transfer image from the plate to paper.
Pitseolak Niviaqsi inks the plate while his son Niviaqsi Niviaqsi waits to sponge plate with water.
Shuvinai Ashoona gets comfortable as she prepares to draw.
(Ann's gift of colour pencils in foreground)
Pitseolak Niviaqsi tinting paints to achieve the perfect mix.
Ann deplanes from First Air, wearing her pretty red gumboots!
Sea Ice breaking up between Iqaluit and Kinngait
Ann's drawing of Shuvinai Ashoona drawing
Springtime in Cape Dorset.
Niviaksie Quvianatuliak preparing lithograph plate.
Niviaksie's brother Nusalija wets the plate between paint applications.
Ohotaq Mikkigak signing his prints as Niviaksie looks on.
Ann's drawing of Ohotaq Mikkigak.
Ann's drawing of Itee Pootoogook drawing
Entrance to the Litho shop
Ohotaq works on his drawing of a fish weir
The two print shops across from each other
How cold was it, Ann?
Whale skull front view
Whale skull side view
Bear tracks!
Where is the bear?
Purple Saxifrage - aupaluktunguat, in the spring
Hunters' sheds by the water, Kinngait
Approaching the floe edge between Baffin Island and the top of Nunavik
James Houston's ashes are resting near this spot just outside Cape Dorset
A beautiful arctic spring day!
