Vintage order 1970s Wolf Original Inuit Composite Resin Sculpture of a Big Old Daddy Bear

Vintage 1970s Wolf Original Inuit Style Composite Resin Sculpture
of a Big Old Daddy Bear
We haven't seen another of these.
He's a lovely fellow.
He'll stand or sit and the detailing is awesome.
Check out the paws.
A Wolf Canada homage to the Inuit Soapstone sculptures
in hand finished composite resin, without the high price tag.
The height is 3 1/2”, the base is 4 1/2” by 2”
and the weight 351 grams


Wolf Originals are manufactured in the style of an Inuit carving, they appear to be made of soapstone, but are, in fact, moulded figures.

"Edmund Wolf has studied and sculpted a full range of North American wildlife. Every sculpture is precisely reproduced in a composition of stone and marble and then hand finished, resulting in the handsome figurines known as Wolf Sculptures. Only pieces having the marking 'WE' are original Wolf Sculptures.”

Even though their subject matter often depicts Inuit life and people, they are not produced by Inuits, not hand carved, and not made of soapstone. They are produced by combining pulverized rock dust with a kind of resin which is poured into a mould.

They would qualify order as souvenir art - very cute, but not authentic. Aside from the WE stamp, there are other characteristics that differentiate them from real Inuit rock carvings. They have a very different look and feel than rock. They are not as heavy for their size, not as cold to the touch, and they have kind of a waxy feel to them. They are also pretty uniform in colour (except for the wash that lightens parts of them) and they lack the imperfections, colour variations, and occlusions found in most rock.

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