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Early Sketches
Cut out animals
Jessie Oonark Marion Tuu'luuq
In the 1960s, after making wool duffle mittens, socks, and clothing, Inuit seamstresses used the leftover multi-colored pieces of fabric to make art to hang on walls. In embracing a foreign artistic medium, Inuit women made their wall hangings a vehicle for expressing centuries-old Inuit traditions.
Display Sewing Skills
Inuit women decorated their parkas and garments with lavish colorful decorations, their daughters would learn to sew by observation.
All these age-old skills have been transferred to the modern textile art of today’s Inuit women.
These talented seamstresses easily apply their distinctive and complex abilities to their modern wall hangings.
Traditionally, sewing was a vital survival skill for Inuit living on the land.
The women’s ingenuity and skillful stitching transformed animal hides into clothing, blankets, tents, and even into seafaring vessels such as the kayak.