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Our Hands Remember: Recovering Sanikiluaq Basket Sewing by Margaret Lawrence
Our Hands Remember: Recovering Sanikiluaq Basket Sewing by Margaret Lawrence
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Our Hands Remember: Recovering Sanikiluaq Basket Sewing by Margaret Lawrence
Publisher: Inhabit Media
US SRP: $24.95 US
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: July 04, 2018
Physical Info: 0.2" H x 8.3" L x 8.9" W (0.5 lbs) 120 pages
Language: English
Sanikiluaq, Nunavut, has a long history of Inuit artistic output. But as the demand for stone carvings grew, grass basket sewing--once a traditional skill for Inuit women--faded from the community consciousness. That was until a group of women, including educator and artist Margaret Lawrence, came together to renew the lost art of basket sewing. In Our Hands Remember: Recovering Sanikiluaq Basket Sewing, Lawrence guides readers through creating their own grass baskets in the unique style of the Sanikiluaq region with step-by-step instructions and photographs. From tips on preparing the grass and forming even coils to the different types of possible embellishments, this book is accessible to all skill levels.
Margaret Lawrence is an educator and artist. She was born in Japan and moved to the Canadian Arctic in 1980, first to Frobisher Bay (now Iqaluit) and then to Sanikiluaq in 1988, where she began teaching. She has spent more than half her life in the Canadian Arctic, seeing much change in the community over that time period. She has been fortunate to learn from four generations of Qikiqtarmiut, the people of the community she calls home.
