{"product_id":"cape-dorset-prints-a-retrospective-fifty-years-of-printmaking-at-the-kinngait-studios-0884256633577","title":"Cape Dorset Prints: A Retrospective: Fifty Years of Printmaking at the Kinngait Studios","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCape Dorset Prints: A Retrospective: Fifty Years of Printmaking at the Kinngait Studios\u003c\/strong\u003e by Ryan, Leslie Boyd. hardcover edition. ISBN: 0884256633577.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1956 artist James Houston came to Cape Dorset as the northern service officer with the Canadian governments Department of Northern Affairs. One of his duties was to foster the production of carvings and other handicrafts by the Inuit residents. By 1959 the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative had been formed, laying the groundwork for a legendary printmaking tradition. Today the annual release of Cape Dorset prints, produced by the Co-operatives Kinngait Studios, is eagerly anticipated by collectors around the world. Cape Dorset Prints: A Retrospective is the first book to tell the full story of this historic printmaking community.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Pomegranate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44977566285877,"sku":"ByrdShop_0764941917","price":315.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780764941917_c0f1ef4e-828d-4bb6-ad40-0c52dbb2dc71.jpg?v=1778698389","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/cape-dorset-prints-a-retrospective-fifty-years-of-printmaking-at-the-kinngait-studios-0884256633577","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}