3" 2 Way Diving Bear by Isaaci Petaulassie *Chestnut*Inuit art: 2 way Diving Bear Inuit Artist: Isaaci Petaulassie Size: 3" across, 2. 5" deep Community: Cape Dorset, NU 3 22 Stone: Serpentine id: dfa AL6926Padjy Two way Diving bears, (those that can stand on either of two feet or paws) are especially challenging to carve. Remember, they have to be perfectly balanced so they don't tip over. The artists who carve these dancing bears are especially skilled and it takes years to hone this skill. Isacci is

whales and other sea creatures

I have been so lucky and honoured to see hundreds of Bear carvings and all of them are striking in their own way

You will not find another piece like “Polar bear hunting” in Inuit carving today

This carver shows his love and knowledge about the animals that inspire him

Carved masks such as this one

Some of (those artists’) ideas about art are different from ours

Birds Eating Berries

id: c-074

Only male whales sing

Size: 18" tall

From the intense black stone

there are two bears