NWT Arts

Becky Lang

Region:

North Slave

Community:

Yellowknife

My name is Becky Lang and I make jewelry from otoliths. What is an Otolith? Otoliths are the inner ear bones of a fish. They are composed of calcium carbonate and they grow as the fish grows. Otoliths are used by Marine biologists to age the fish much like the rings of a tree let us know how old...

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Brad Oukpak Carpenter

Region:

Beaufort Delta

Community:

Ulukhaktok

I grew up around art, and am a self-taught artist. I am from the remote arctic community of Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories. As a young boy, I sat and watched my father, Frank Carpenter, carve caribou antler, musk-ox horn and whale bone. It was with his help that I created my first carving...

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