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bronze sculptures
by:
Ian Smith
Arctic Memories
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More Than Friends
Both anxious to be on the run, an Inuit boy and his friend go through the daily ritual of playful teasing. Both raised to challenge whatever nature presents, must trust each other to be much more than friends.
Bronze Figures: 36cm x 20 x 38 (14 in x 8 x15)
Marble Base: 52 cm x 47 x 5.5 (20.5 x 18.5 x 2.5)
[Limited Edition of 50]
Bronze Figures: 36cm x 20 x 38 (14 in x 8 x15)
Marble Base: 52 cm x 47 x 5.5 (20.5 x 18.5 x 2.5)
[Limited Edition of 50]
The Struggle
Cold deep black, reluctant to give up its own. The age old struggle of life, not yet lost for this Inuk and his world.
Bronze Figure: 51cm x 29 x 24 (20 in x 12 x 10)
Marble Base: 55cm x 48 x 2
(22 in x 19 x 1)
[Limited Edition of 50]
Bronze Figure: 51cm x 29 x 24 (20 in x 12 x 10)
Marble Base: 55cm x 48 x 2
(22 in x 19 x 1)
[Limited Edition of 50]
From Elders: Knowing Ways Reflections [Sold as a Pair]
Knowing Ways: Yesterdays, long gone, yet alive today, still full of meaning; the Inuit beat of a dancer's drum sings of knowing ways.
Bronze figure / 43 x 25 x 30 cm / (17 x 10 x 12 in)
Marble Base: 41cm x 18 x 11.5 / (16 in x 7 x 4.5)
Refections: In the reflection of the stone lamp, thoughts of times without heat and light, remembered moments and people past, flicker before the tended flame.
Bronze Figure: 37.5cm x 25.5 x 28 (14.75 in x 10 x 11)
Marble Base: 41cm x 18 x 11.5 / (16 in x 7 x 4.5)
[Limited Edition of 50]
Bronze figure / 43 x 25 x 30 cm / (17 x 10 x 12 in)
Marble Base: 41cm x 18 x 11.5 / (16 in x 7 x 4.5)
Refections: In the reflection of the stone lamp, thoughts of times without heat and light, remembered moments and people past, flicker before the tended flame.
Bronze Figure: 37.5cm x 25.5 x 28 (14.75 in x 10 x 11)
Marble Base: 41cm x 18 x 11.5 / (16 in x 7 x 4.5)
[Limited Edition of 50]
Early Start
Fresh winds, rising with the sun, inhaled by eager Arctic hearts, secure the fractured spring floe against the ocean drift; whispered success for an early start.
Bronze Figures: 76cm x 41 x 41 (30 in x 16 x 16)
Marble Base: 91.5cm x 46 x 2 (36 in x 18 x 1)
[Limited Edition of 50]
Bronze Figures: 76cm x 41 x 41 (30 in x 16 x 16)
Marble Base: 91.5cm x 46 x 2 (36 in x 18 x 1)
[Limited Edition of 50]
At The Floe Edge
As his father and ancestors came to the frozen edge of the sea to ask for continued giving of the needed resources to sustain the Inuit, this skin clothed hunter looks into the cold dark depths and hopes for success. Skilled by generations, he waits patiently, subject to the fickle whim of nature.
Bronze Figure: 57cm x 26 x 27 (22.5 in x 10 x 10.5)
Marble Base: 79cm x 47 x 4
(31 in x 18.5 x 1.5)
[Limited Edition of 50]
Bronze Figure: 57cm x 26 x 27 (22.5 in x 10 x 10.5)
Marble Base: 79cm x 47 x 4
(31 in x 18.5 x 1.5)
[Limited Edition of 50]
"Elemental" & "Of An Age"
"Elemental" to the continued survival and growth of Arctic life, an elder shares insight into the ways of the land, while another generation sleeps secure in her warmth hidden from nature's harsh touch.
Bronze Figures: 41cm x 18 x 41 (16 in x 7 x 16)
Marble Base: 56cm x 40 x 4
(22 in x 16 x 1.5)
"Of An Age" Inuit infant snuggles against a youthful "babysitter", enveloped by the age old carrying parka (amautik), as yet many times too large in size, but she full-grown in responsibility; wishing to be of an age.
Bronze Figure: 17cm x 15 x 40 (6.75 in x 6 x 15.75)
Marble Base: 40cm x 32 x 3
(15.75 in x 12.5 x 1.5)
[Limited Edition of 50]
Bronze Figures: 41cm x 18 x 41 (16 in x 7 x 16)
Marble Base: 56cm x 40 x 4
(22 in x 16 x 1.5)
"Of An Age" Inuit infant snuggles against a youthful "babysitter", enveloped by the age old carrying parka (amautik), as yet many times too large in size, but she full-grown in responsibility; wishing to be of an age.
Bronze Figure: 17cm x 15 x 40 (6.75 in x 6 x 15.75)
Marble Base: 40cm x 32 x 3
(15.75 in x 12.5 x 1.5)
[Limited Edition of 50]
The Challenge
From infancy warned of ultimate danger on the ice, stories told and retold of under the ice creatures waiting for adventurous children who are drawn onto the melting prince ice, youthful spirit not yet stilled to the lure of the cracks that open to the black depths.
Bronze Figures: 49 cm x 31 x 45 (19 in x 12 x 17.5)
Marble Base (76cm x 31 x 4)
(30 in x 12 x 1.5)
[Limited Edition of 50]
Bronze Figures: 49 cm x 31 x 45 (19 in x 12 x 17.5)
Marble Base (76cm x 31 x 4)
(30 in x 12 x 1.5)
[Limited Edition of 50]
Childs Play
Uninhibited squeals of delight mixed with apprehension echo across the seemingly unending flatness of the Arctic tundra as these Inuit youngsters play "wolf", where survival and historical needs become child's play.
Bronze Figures: 55cm x 50 x 39 (21.5 in x 20 x 15.5)
Marble Base: 56cm x 40 x 4
(22 in x 16 x 1.5)
[Limited Edition of 25]
Bronze Figures: 55cm x 50 x 39 (21.5 in x 20 x 15.5)
Marble Base: 56cm x 40 x 4
(22 in x 16 x 1.5)
[Limited Edition of 25]
Arctic Flyer
wind on his face, launched into the air, hoping for a soft landing.
[Limited edition 50]
[Limited edition 50]
Life Line
Age old ways passed down; to be taken up by the new; the harpoon line , the continuation of a traditional lifeline.
Bronze: 1/4 scale / 36 cm x 43 x 33 / (14in x 17 x 13)
Granite Base: 91.5cm x 46 x 2 (36 in x 18 x 1)
[Limited Edition of 25]
Bronze: 1/4 scale / 36 cm x 43 x 33 / (14in x 17 x 13)
Granite Base: 91.5cm x 46 x 2 (36 in x 18 x 1)
[Limited Edition of 25]
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