New piece for Mary E. Black Gallery

Inuit Tattoos

Tattoos were seen in the Arctic mainly on the women's faces, originally to identify them during raids by other tribes. Because the women were the ones skilled at sewing flesh (in making clothing and footwear from animal skins) they were the ones who did the tattooing, usually using blue inks originating from their fire's soot. The pink written text is a journal entry from one of Frobisher's crew during the 1576 trip to Baffin Island reporting their first sighting of the natives.

Frobisher is on the move!

My fibre art group of 10 women from across Canada are about to see their latest show of FROBISHER open on the east coast. We packed up 41 pieces of art from the Calgary artists into 12 packages and mailed it off to the gallery. When the others from BC, SK, MB and NB add their piece there will be over 50 pieces. The show opens February 21st in Halifax at the Mary E. Black Gallery in the Nova Scotia Centre for Craft and Design. It runs until April 8th.