Taluq Designsᑕᓗᖅ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᐃᑦ

Taloyoak, NU

Producers of unique wool-duffel packing dolls and other traditional hand-made Inuit art and collectables.

Taluq Designs is located in Taloyoak, a small Nunavut community located on Spence Bay in Canada’s high arctic. From this artistic community comes a strong group of women who take great pride in creating products based on Inuit culture and tradition.

In the mid-1970s, a group of Inuit women in Taloyoak formed an organization to market and sell their culturally-inspired textile sculptures known as“packing dolls”.
Taluq Designs was established in April, 1995, allowing these women to expand their business for the production of locally handmade collectables. They have since expanded their retail line to include other unique Northern-inspired wool duffel and plush products, such as the “packing Polar Bear” designed by renowned doll maker Peeteedootie Ugyuk.Each wool-duffel packing doll is an arctic animal dressed in a handmade and embroidered duffel “amauti” (parka). Each has an appropriate baby animal carried in the traditional style, tucked into the space between the wearer’s back and the parka. The respective artist signs each packing doll in Inuktitut syllabics.

A section of the Taluq building is a small store where products are displayed and sold. Taluq Designs provides direct employment in the shop, and for many seamstresses who sew products in their homes.

We are conveniently located in the center of Taloyoak and are open from 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Friday, and also by special appointment for visiting groups.

ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᑦ

ᐃᑭᕐᖑᐊᓂᑦ- ᕿᑐᕐᖓᐅᔭᓕᐅᓲᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒡᓗ ᐊᒡᒐᒧᑦ ᒥᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓴᓇᔭᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓄᐊᑕᐅᕙᒃᑐᓂᒡᓗ.

ᑕᓗᖅ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᐃᑦ ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᒦᑉᐳᖅ, ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒦᖃᑕᐅᔪᖅ ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖓᓂ. ᑕᕙᖓᑦ ᓴᓇᙳᐊᒐᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖓᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᕐᓇᖅᑕᖃᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᓴᙱᔪᒐᓴᖕᓂ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᖓᓂᙶᖅᑐᓂᒃ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖏᓐᓂᙶᖅᑐᓂᒡᓗ ᐅᐱᒍᓱᒃᑐᓂᒃ.

1970-ᖏᓐᓂ, ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᐃᓅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᒥᙶᖅᑐᑦ ᑲᑐᔾᔨᖃᑎᒌᙳᓚᐅᖅᑐᑦ ᓂᐅᕐᕈᑎᖃᕈᒪᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᑐᖃᖓᓐᓂᒃ ᐃᔾᔪᐊᖅᓯᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᕿᑐᕐᖓᐅᔭᕐᓂᒃ.

ᑕᓗᖅ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᐃᑦ ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ ᐄᑉᐳ 1995-ᒥ ᐊᖏᒡᓕᒋᐊᕈᓐᓇᖅᓯᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓇᖕᒥᓂᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᕐᓇᐃᑦ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓄᓇᓕᖓᓂ. ᑕᐃᒪᙵᓂᒃ ᓂᐅᕕᐊᒃᓴᕆᕙᒃᑕᖏᑦ ᐊᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᖃᑦᑕᓕᕆᕗᑦ ᐃᑭᕐᖑᐊᓂᒃ ᓲᕐᓗ ᓇᓄᙳᐊᕐᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᔪᒥᒃ ᐲᑏᑑᑎ ᐅᒡᔪᖕᒥᒃ.

ᐃᑭᕐᖑᐊᓂᒃ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᓂᕐᔪᑎᐅᕗᖅ ᐊᒪᐅᑎᖅᓯᒪᙳᐊᖅᖢᓂ ᐊᒡᒐᒧᑦ ᒥᖅᓱᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᖅ. ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ ᕿᑐᕐᖓᙳᐊᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐱᖅᑯᓯᕐᒥᒃ ᐊᒫᖅᑕᐅᓪᓗᓂ. ᓴᓇᔪᑦ ᐊᑎᓕᐅᓲᖑᕗᑦ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ.

ᑕᓗᖅ ᐃᒡᓗᖁᑎᖓᓂ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᕋᓛᖃᖅᐳᑦ ᓴᖅᑭᔮᖅᑎᑕᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᓂᐅᕕᖅᑕᐅᔪᓐᓇᖅᖢᑎᒡᓗ. ᑕᓗᖅ ᓴᓇᐅᒐᐃᑦ ᐃᖅᑲᓇᐃᔭᖅᑎᑦᑎᖃᑦᑕᖅᐳᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᕐᕕᖓᓃᖦᖢᑎᒃ ᒥᖅᓱᖅᑎᒐᓴᖏᓪᓗ ᐊᖏᕐᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᓐᓇᕆᓪᓗᑎᒃ.

ᑕᓗᕐᔪᐊᑉ ᕿᑎᓪᓗᐊᖓᓃᑉᐳᒍᑦ ᒪᑐᐃᖓᕙᒃᖢᑕᓗ 10-ᒥᑦ 4-ᒧᑦ ᓇᒡᒐᔾᔭᐅᒥᑦ ᐅᓪᓗᑐᐃᓐᓇᕐᒧᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓂᓕᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᓄᑦ ᐳᓛᕆᐊᕈᒪᔪᓄᑦ.