Tytoosie Tunnillie (1974 - )

BIRD SPIRITS
Cape Dorset, 2002
Stone, 7 x 6 x 4”

Tytoosie has sculpted for more than seven years. Not surprisingly, he has the largest body of work to date among his siblings. He benefits artistically from the additional influence of his paternal grandfather, Kabubuwa Tunnillie, with whom Tytoosie spent much of his youth. "I started after watching my mother and grandfather. He used to talk to me about sculpture; he told me to be a carver and showed me how to use a grinder and the dremmel." His current favorite subjects are transformations which he builds in swirling totems of faces, beaks, feet and wings.