ARCTIC DESIGNS CANADA
Rooted in centuries of survival and cultural identity across extreme northern landscapes, Arctic designs balance utility with deep artistic expression through distinct traditional categories:
Parka Clothing
Originating as a life-saving innovation by the Inuit, traditional parkas (amauti) were masterfully tailored from caribou hides, seal skins, and animal gut to trap body heat, with women’s designs featuring expanded hoods to carry young children—a form that modern severe-weather outerwear continues to adapt.
Native Jewelry
Arctic jewelry crafts precious local materials—such as carved walrus ivory, baleen, narwhal tusk, caribou antler, muskox horn, and polished local stone—into minimalist, elegant pendants, labrets, and beaded accents that honor indigenous connection to nature.
Native Arts Carvings & Antiques
Spanning centuries of tradition, Arctic stone and bone carvings evolved from prehistoric shamanic amulets and tiny ivory trade figurines into iconic, smooth soapstone (steatite) and serpentine sculptures that vividly portray Arctic wildlife, folklore, and nomadic hunting life