The Making
Graphics
For a very long time, the Inuits have created their graphics art using stenciling and block printing. Most of the Inuit art will be based off of animals and beliefs that the Inuits have experienced. To help the creation of the arts, the Inuits would use stone which they were very familiar to. Most of the artists back then would have been carvers who were familiar with stone.
Talc Stone
Stones like these were used to carve out the material. Due to the fact that it is impossible to carve out an immaculate sculpture, it is inevitable that the artists alter the original portrait to make it able to carve. For example, in a sculpture of a deer, the deer's antlers could be less complex to make the carving easier. Another way to alter the art would be changing the scale of the art, for example, they could make a shaman's stick very small to create a different feeling. This is the beauty of Inuit art.
Creating the Model
To this day, Inuits still use their hands to produce the art. Occasionally, power tools (electric drills, etc.) were used, most of the time, they would use their hands and nature to create their models. They would use axes and other stones to carve stones but they would do their carving using their hands. The final stage would be polishing. This stage would be easily done by just simply rubbing sandpaper towards the incomplete model to make the surfaces smooth. Other materials used in the process of Inuit art would be soapstone, serpentine and Arctic deposits which would form the colour into a light green, orange and red colour. Like displayed in the examples section, lots of Inuit sculptures were created by caribou antlers, ivory from marine mammals and bones.