I have been carving/making Yupik Masks, Drums, and "Ulu's" and various other things that were used in my culture back in the day, unfortunately much of the things we used to make out of necessity are reduced to making it to art. I say this only because only a handful of people try to keep this aspect of our culture alive.

I thought I would share some photos of my past creations. Hope you enjoy.

Gorgeous WorK!

Those look really nice.

It's great you are keeping traditions like that alive and passing them on.

That is good.

Excellent work brother..

Very nice work.
Glad your keeping a tradition alive.

Thanks guys, I appreciate the comments

Really nice work.. Is that knife to carve/prepare skin on the inside?

Thanks, It is the knife for everything...from filleting, skinning to butchering. Size of the "Ulu"(We call them kenaleq (kenn-a-lik)) is ussually what dictates the use. Smaller one's used to be carried by the women for all types of things including skin sewing...Men usually carried what is more familiar nowadays, some did carry the Ulu though.

If you ever watched someone that knew what they were doing with the Ulu... they can make short work out of Seal and fish.

Nice work! Ever thought of selling them?

Very cool! Nice work and a very Honorable thing you are doing.

This area of preserving cultural past including art work is something the Japanese excel at and I wish we did more like them and You.

How do you think I afford my guns? One hobby pays for another

I only work of of commission, when I make extra...I have given to friends, donated to the School and sold to private collectors.

Do you know if we may pick up eagle feathers for art? I would like to get a few to make arrows with a couple "bird tips" that I found in a cave back home.

VERY NICE..............

I wouldn't, there are too many laws regarding this and it is just a hassle, you could get in trouble especially if they are Bald Eagle Feathers.



Thanks!

those are realy cool. looks like alot of work. i also enjoy making traditional ragalia, i have made some plains indian clubs an so forth, but never anything as intricate as those. thanks for sharing your work.

Awesome man. I like a good Ulu knife. They come in real handy from camp to the kitchen.

man... i miss just looking at your stuff when i dropped by.

That's great man........
I lived in Fairbanks AK for 5 years. I used to love to got to the shows and see all the cool different things they had every year.
Your work looks GREAT man keep up.