The OOKPIK Project

Robson Valley · #1 04-30-2011, 11:41 PM

I was given this hand-stitched, sealskin, Inuit Ookpik ( = owl) in about 1960. Probably marketed by the Hudson's Bay Company out of Canada's high arctic, possibly Yellowknife. Also influenced by the spectacular lithographs and silk screen prints coming to southern markets out of Pangnirtung, Ungava Bay and Cape Dorset, I wanted to make prints.
By 1980, I had made a drawing and transferred that to a 1x12x3/4 pine board. In that day and time, my only carving tool was a surgical scalpel and we had lots of those.
So, I cut the entire printing block design with scalpels. There it sat.
Last week, I got brayers, block printing ink and much useful advice from the art teacher at the local high school. Friday, April 29, I did my very first print run of 6 proofs and 10 prints.

idigjars · #2 05-01-2011, 08:50 AM

Pretty cool project and nice job on the carving and printing. I have a couple japanese woodblock prints that I really like. Thanks for sharing. Paul

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