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Sealskin on painted canvas: A community of houses with sinew ties representing togetherness. They circle around sealskin pieces ŕepresenting nature’s.world at the centre of each community that all need to protect.
Artist’s Hope: Our northern communities will survive the wildfires and glow vibrantly with newfound unity.
Snowfly
The natural world is a divine trust to be used sustainably and to inspire the development of culture and heritage for the betterment of the world.
Materials
- NWT and Nunavut natural seal skins
Size
- 12 X 16 inches
About seal fur
- Seal fur is ethically sourced in Canada from Indigenous sources when available.
- Seal fur is dyed according to environmental rules in Canada.
- Product made carefully to highest quality.
Shipping
- We will mail via post within Canada and to other countries. Shipping time may depend on Covid 19 postal timeframes. Otherwise shipping will be 5 – 10 days in Canada and 10 – 14 days to other countries.
Returns
- No exchange or returns.
Cheryl Fennell
Cheryl Fennell is of Metis background and was born in Yellowknife. Cheryl has traveled around the circumpolar world and has lived in Cambridge Bay, Inuvik, and Fort Smith and now resides in her home town Yellowknife. Cheryl loves to integrate traditional designs with contemporary ideas in a unique way. She prefers to work with sealskin and incorporates it in her sewing projects, such as unique, one-of-a-kind dresses, purses, jewelry, and her latest interest - furniture and art. She loves to help bring awareness of the beauty and usefulness of sealskin by undertaking special projects such as creating sealskin keychains for NWT junior kindergarteners to have and help bring comfort to them at school. Among other projects to promote sealskin, she has also created a limited edition of her sealskin cuffs for Six Shooter Records for National Seal Products Day and a sealskin and sinew bookmark to help promote Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq.
Mon to Fri: 10am - 4pm
Sat & Sun: 1pm - 4pm
