Been so busy with gardening (and a gardening book) I haven’t had time to scrimshaw. Kept my eye out for materials, though, finding cow hooves (which I may give to the dog), then I ran across horn tips and decided it was time to do this piece. Have to find a better pigment, but here it is so far:
Thinking the next one should be higher, though the same size. This will allow the whole scrimshaw to be seen at once, and will be somewhat easier to scrim. During the process, I had taken a couple of pictures where in some cases it looked more like a bear than a leopard.
Finished these a few weeks ago but never got them onto Etsy until today, VD sometimes gets in the way (that’s Valentine’s Day!). Engraved and hand scrimmed after cutting them out, they’re on an ivory alternative. Recently purchased some real piano key ivory from an 1800 vintage piano, but I’m holding that for some special projects that won’t be going interstate. These were fun to make, but I really want to get back to the antler buttons. Now that it’s warming up, I may be able to cut them and create some interesting jewelry.
We have a story bracelet which the owner is looking for the artist as well as other information:
does have some lovely curving lines often seen on ivory beads but I am not knowledgeable myself to be sure of the piece. One thing that might help identify this is it appears as if the back side of each panel was filled in with a clear resin that has darkened over the years. Not sure if that is a trait of some artist or not and not sure why it would be there other than to protect the pieces.
-Sally