Native Sculpture, Native Carving

Many cultures produce rich and beautiful works in ivory, bone, soapstone and similar materials. Carvings by natives and in the native manner.  Keywords: Ivory, Bone, Soapstone, Wood Carving, Whalebone, Alabaster, Walrus Bone.  See Also: Wood Carvers, Stone Carving Tips

Ekemo Studios - Alaska Sculptures Carvings "We are the largest carving shop in Alaska. 5 carvers who specialize in soapstone, alabaster, fossilised walrus bone, whalebone and wood. In twenty five years, doing carvings and sculptures, we have seen many of our pieces go into fine gallery's, museums, and private collections of very famous and extraordinary people who collect from all over the world. It is always a pleasure to hear that a piece has been purchased and it will be presented along with other unique art forms . Carving bone from the sea mammals is an ancient art in Alaska. We know from archeological finds that thousands of years ago, Alaska's aboriginal people made most of their tools and weapons from bone and ivory. Many items were made for special ceremonies, decoration and to depict the world they lived in . Today Alaskan carver's still use bone as a medium for their art forms." R. J. Ekemo Kent R. Heindel Andrei Vasseka Dennis N. Oakland Jason DuCommon

Canada House "You may have visited our gallery in Banff, as we've been here for 23 years. Canada House is a family run business, now in its second generation. When you are in Banff, come by for a visit! You'll enjoy our warm, friendly gallery! We are open daily! Call us toll-free at 1-800-419-1298! - Peter and Marika McCaffrey" Norval Morrisseau Graham Pettman Stewart Steinhauer Eunicey Shytoo Muckpah Axangayu Shaa Randy Fehr Rick Taylor Lorne Wall and many others.

Northwest Connection - Gallery of Native Art Home Page "Our galleries are located both in Whistler Resort, and in Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island. We feature an impressive collection of masks, carvings, prints, original paintings, pottery and books produced by many of today’s foremost native artists. We also carry a large selection of both quality Hand Carved Native Jewelry and West coast Designer Jewelery in silver and gold." Soapstone Carvers Wood Carvers

Soapstone Artists of Sanikiluaq, Nunavut  The soapstone artists of Sanikiluaq, Nunavut have been creating quality carvings for 30 years. The same techniques that we use today have been passed down from generation to generation. Find out more about our carvers and about our company.

• "A connoisseur of Inuit art can identify an individual carvers work from across the room, although this skill takes many years of dealing with sculptures on a daily basis. Soapstone carving is valued by what the market will pay. The carvers are paid very little compared to what their piece sells for from a gallery. We are hoping to change that! We are offering the carvers, we buy from, a better price than they can get from the stores. They have to turn around and sell the carvings through their wholesale warehouses to galleries, art shops etc which in turn have to raise the prices in order to make a profit. We are selling direct to our customers whether they be from the general public or in business for themselves and can recognize good prices for quality work when they see it. Some of our carvers are world famous and have their work in several collections, museums and galleries around the world."