Susan Avingaq

Susan travels to the dump to find wood she will use to create the dolls from, she returns to Kingulliit’s Qammaq to begin by lighting the Qulliq.

Susan and Leonie are carving dolls from the repurposed wood found at the dump, Tori is learning by watching, as Susan and Leonie share memories about dolls they made when they were younger and times they spent playing and creating worlds with them.

Susan continues to carve the dolls, figures appearing out of the wood. Tori begins to join in the creation by sanding the appearing figures to make them smooth. Clothing for the beautiful dolls begins to be cut carefully out of caribou skin with a Ulu.

Susan, Marcy and Tori sit together, sharing knowledge and skills, sewing clothing from caribou skins, creating art all together which will clothe the newly carved wooden dolls.

Susan, Marcy, and Tori all sit continuing to work together, sewing clothing for the dolls from caribou skins. Today, they are working on parkas for the dolls, Susan in sharing knowledge she has learnt in creating parkas for people, transferring it to a much smaller world for the dolls.

Susan, Marcy, and Tori continue working together, sewing clothing for the dolls from caribou skins. Susan is also working on creating patterns to help with the cutting out of the dolls’ parkas.

Susan, Marcy and Tori are finishing sewing the clothing for each of the dolls, they then all work together to create cardboard homes for the dolls, making a bed, table and even a broom for them.

Susan and Leonie carve more dolls by the warm light of the Qulliq. Tending their Qulliq lights as they go, brightening the Qammaq and the figures who are appearing out of the blocks of wood.

Susan and Leonie finish carving their dolls and build more wooden doll houses, with beds and tables. They are joined in the Qammaq by Elders Josephine, Julia and Therese who all sit around the table, sharing their memories, stories and traditional knowledge as they bring out each doll, looking at their clothing, and their wooden houses.

Elders Josephine, Julia, and Therese join Susan, Tori, and Leonie in having a doll party, with many houses and dolls taking part, each with repurposed buttons and belongings, full clothing and even dolls carved the size of children. They then all share food together, cutting up frozen fish with ulus and sharing tea, stories and memories.