Just What I Expected - Woven Tapestry

A large tapestry depicting hunters collecting eggs.

Pangnirtung Tapestries are characterized by a unique collaboration between artist and weaver. The images used in the tapestries begin as drawings commissioned from local artists. These are interpreted by the weaver, who will select the size, colour and composition of the image as it will be expressed in wool fibre. The weaver may refer back to the artist for confirmation, but will make the critical artistic choices which will determine the final appearance of the tapestry.

Woven Tapestry
Approx. 29.5 x 44"
Reg no. 177108

Andrew Qappik is a widely celebrated printmaker and graphic artist from Nunataq, Nunavut, who now resides in Panniqtuuq. In his prints Qappik fuses traditional themes and contemporary Inuit realities, with a majority of his works depicting his experiences on the land.  

Igah Etoangat has been weaving in Pangnirtung, Nunavut for over 47 years. Igah has created a number of notable works, such as a ten foot high by twenty two feet wide tapestry, designed in collaboration with 6 other weavers, to hang in the lobby of the legislative Assembly in Iqaluit.