YOU GUYS! So fresh off of moccasin-gate a few days ago, here I am the proud owner of an even cooler pair of moccasins. I guess these are more slippers, but the bottoms are leather like moccasins. I suspect these are Inuit, and newer–probably made to sell to tourists. Whatever they are, they are just my style. Look at those little felt arctic friends!
I found these this morning at an estate sale nearby. Sarah had to go to the doctor, so we are hitting more sales later today. In the meantime though, I ran up to just check out this one sale, and am glad I did.
I can’t wait to put these on (they’re my size of course) and do a little revenge dance in honor of my enemy at the Windsor auction.
-Erin
Fave Find: Inuit Art Print
So I’ve never hidden the fact that I LOVE me some Native American art and artifacts, as long as they are authentic and not stolen Indian designs made in China. In particular, I really like Inuit art. I’m no expert, but a lot of it seems to present everyday, mundane life in more meaningful and whimsical ways. And a lot of it has animals in it, particularly whales and narwhals (always cool).
Until recently, my closest attempt at owning Inuit art was this book I bought on ebay. It was essentially a catalog of Inuit art that I would never actually own.
I considered at one point cutting out and framing the photos in this book, which would probably end up being sad and embarrassing. Is that some original Inuit art on your wall?! No? You cut it out of a book? That’s sad. Go buy yourself some Inuit art.
Around the time Sarah and I started getting into auctions, I discovered that there are live auctions online! This seems obvious, but was actually a huge epiphany for me. And sure enough, there was an online auction scheduled out of Vancouver featuring ALL Inuit art. I was thrilled.
I figured this would be my chance to buy a piece more affordably. Pieces on ebay always sold for high prices or were listed expensively to begin with. Maybe I could catch a deal in this live bidding.
The items up for auction were all great. There were sculptures, fabric art pieces, prints, and more.
I zeroed in right away on the piece below:
It’s called Fox Traps and Anxious Hunters by Jamasie Teevee. It’s a lithograph (#22/50) from 1976. I entered a pre-bid of $150 and went to bed (the sale was happening on Pacific Time and it was getting late). Sure enough, when I woke up the next morning, I had an email saying I was the high bidder, and the bidding ended at $120! SO AWESOME.
Jamasie Teevee died in 1985, and all of his prints I’ve found for sale are listed for upwards of $400. I feel like I got a really great deal, and a really amazing piece of art. I’ll cherish it for a long time to come! Now I just have to find me a narwhal sculpture like the one above…
-Erin
P.S. LOOK HOW CUTE THAT WALRUS IS.
Update from Sarah: Oh my gosh! I heard the story of the Inuit art print but have never seen it or a picture of it until now. It is so stinkin’ cute. I’m actually really jealous of this.