The prints have a distinct look and feel and historically have concerned themselves with family and camp life. The first prints came out of Povungnituk in 1962 - this was not a regular print catalog. The first full collections was issued in 1964 and almost annually since. The negative image is traced onto the stone so that when the stone is inked the print appears exactly as the original drawing. The printmaker usually transfers the original drawing to the stone block.
Ink is added to the stone.
The printer takes over and is charged with transferring the images to paper using a tool known as a baren. With the stone cut method every print is truly an original as no two will be exactly the same. The igloo symbol forms the base. In the early years the artist's syllabics were often enclosed in a framework or box. This type of identification is used on stonecuts, stencils, and some lithographs.