A little fun on a Saturday evening. Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) is one of my favorite artists. His woodcut prints are beautiful and iconic (such as the praying hands). His crafts included painting, engraving and woodcuts and are worth marveling over on Wikipedia at least (link). Heavily influenced by the Italian styles during his “gap years”, he incorporated what he found into all of his works.
Julie writes:
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A beautiful piece created in Ketchican, Alaska by E. Wilk, the owner would love to have more information about the artist, if they’re still scrimshawing,
etc.:
“I purchased this beautiful scrimshaw work in the mid 1980’s from a Gallery in Ketchikan, Alaska E. Wilk was from Bellingham. Do you have any current information on this artist? This scrimshaw was on the cover of a Northwest magazine at the time. I have a copy of it somewhere around here…”
“Thanks for your help.
“Best,
“Jennifer[…]”
Any information would be greatly appreciated. Write your comments in the area below.
Beautiful bracelet with four cabochons, initials WAD or WAP on sterling silver:
“Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. The photo shows the piece that has the clearest artist signature on it; the rest are under the silver or barely visible but they appear to be the same.
From Hal:
“I am a knife collector in the St. Louis. MO area and acquired a knife with a scrimshaw of an elk head signed Curtis ’84 and would like to get more information about the artist and possibly the knife maker.
“My research points to a Jean E. Curtis of Lansing, MI as the artist but I am unable to find any additional information about her. I would like to get information about her work and if possible, contact her to see if she has any additional information about the knife.
“Local knife makers, collectors, and dealers agree that the scrimshaw is impressive. They also think the handle scales are possibly some form of ivory, though probably not elephant.
“The knife also has a logo/trademark on the blade with Cantini – Weirton, WV. I’ve contacted RW Knives of Weirton, WV a custom knife maker ([email protected]) and they had no information.
Cantini seems to be a popular name and I’ve spent a lot of time going through logos and trademarks with no success so far.
Any information about the scrimshaw or knife would be greatly appreciated.”
Anyone know the knifemaker or the artist? We’d love to know. Respond in the comments section below.