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        Sculpting Ivory (2 of 17): Meet Artist Jerome Saclamana

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        Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska

        OBJECT TYPE

        Video recordings

        DESCRIPTION

        Walrus ivory is a precious sculptural material that for millennia has been carved into a nearly endless variety of forms essential to Arctic life, from harpoon heads to needle cases, handles, ornaments, buckles and many more. Naturalistic and stylized figures of animals and humans were made as charms, amulets and ancestral representations. Carvers today bring this conceptual heritage to new types of work. During a week-long residency organized by the Arctic Studies Center at the Anchorage Museum in 2015, Alaska Native carvers Jerome Saclamana (Iñupiaq), Clifford Apatiki (St. Lawrence Island Yupik) and Levi Tetpon (Iñupiaq) studied historic ivory pieces from the Smithsonian’s Living Our Cultures exhibition and Anchorage Museum collection, and demonstrated how to process, design and shape walrus ivory into artwork. Art students, museum conservators, school groups, local artists and museum visitors participated throughout the week. Also, a two-day community workshop in Nome was taught by Jerome Saclamana and hosted by the Nome-Beltz High School. The educational videos presented here introduce the artists and document the materials, tools and techniques they use to make ivory artwork. To learn more about Alaska Native cultures, please visit the exhibition website Sharing Knowledge at http://alaska.si.edu, where you can also find educational materials in the Resources section.

        VIEWS

        509

        VIDEO TITLE

        Sculpting Ivory (2 of 17): Meet Artist Jerome Saclamana

        VIDEO DURATION

        9 min 44 sec

        NAME

        Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska channel
        Creator : Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska

        Keywords

        Education Arctic Studies;Alaska;Alaska Natives;Native Art;Indigenous Art

        DATES

        2010s
        Uploaded : 2018-12-08T02:08:17.000Z


        Additional Resource Information
        Record Link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTvpZP9aWd4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
        See more by : Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center Alaska channel
        Record Id : yt_RTvpZP9aWd4


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