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Ashoona’s sculptures are recognizable for their dramatic imagery and fluidity and are often highly detailed and depicted in dynamic postures. Ashoona frequently used serpentine as a medium for his sculpture and would polish the surface of the stone to highlight splashes of mottling and changing veins of colour. Ashoona preferred to begin his pieces by first carving the heads of his figures, which resulted in intense and refined facial expressions. He also valued taking time with his sculpture to ensure that he was satisfied with the quality and detail of his work"
https://www.inuitartfoundation.org/profiles/artist/Kiaguk-Ashoona
Kiuguk (or Kiawak) Ashoona (ᑭᐅᒐᒃ ᐊᓲᓇ)
Inuit, 1933 - 2014
SchoolKinngait (Cape Dorset)
Biography"Kiuguk (Kiawak) Ashoona was an accomplished sculptor and printmaker from Tariugajak, NU who later on relocated to Kinngait (Cape Dorset). Ashoona began carving in 1940 at the age of fourteen, making miniature sleds out of walrus ivory. He was one of the first artists to begin carving in Kinngait and was an early participant in the art production movement in 1951.Ashoona’s sculptures are recognizable for their dramatic imagery and fluidity and are often highly detailed and depicted in dynamic postures. Ashoona frequently used serpentine as a medium for his sculpture and would polish the surface of the stone to highlight splashes of mottling and changing veins of colour. Ashoona preferred to begin his pieces by first carving the heads of his figures, which resulted in intense and refined facial expressions. He also valued taking time with his sculpture to ensure that he was satisfied with the quality and detail of his work"
https://www.inuitartfoundation.org/profiles/artist/Kiaguk-Ashoona
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