8" Fish Transformtn by Clayton Keknek Gjoa Haven *Wheeee!* paintings

8" Fish Transformtn by Clayton Keknek Gjoa Haven *Wheeee!* paintingsInuit art: Fish Transformation Inuit Artist: Clayton Keknek Size: 7. 5" long, 5" high, 3" deep Community: Gjoa Haven, NU 6 22 Material: Serpentinite id: c 182 Gjoa Haven carvings have large personalities.. Clayton Keknek is a magician as he bestows a distinct demeanour onto every one of his carvings. Can you see the emotion in the faces of the many heads on this transformation? Surprise, determination, perhaps a bit of fear? And all these emotions

The character pieces Jaco carves today are unprecedented

and his arms and legs moving in all directions as he moves to the beat

"laughing" and play growling

Stone: Ivory

Medium/Materials: serpentine

two spirits

This is the quintessential walrus

Released in the 2002 Cape Dorset Spring collection

I am astonished and ever so grateful to stumble upon an even more spectacular piece

Note** The perfect roundness

rich and soft and so enticing

The curves are exceptional and the refined stone adds a beautiful mix between modernism and traditional style