How to Scrimshaw & Carve Ivory Book-Hand Gun Grips!!

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HOW TO SCRIMSHAW AND CARVE IVORY by Blackie Collins, with scrimshaw art by Michael Collins First Edition, 1978 ***** A valuable how-to guide to practicing the antique art of scrimshaw. This volume is a MUST-have for scrimshaw artists, enthusiasts and collectors; whaling antiques collectors; maritime or nautical historians; and more. NUMEROUS BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOS! An old art form first practiced by Whalers on long voyages, scrimshaw in simplest terms is engraving done on ivory and ivory substitutes such as Whale teeth, skeletal bone, Baleen, Walrus tooth, and polymer whale's teeth. Depending on the style, color and tints may also be added to the design. Modern artists and craftspeople are now reviving this art form using both today's and yesterdays materials. Some few have refined and sophisticated this art form considerably and offer their work not as a copy of the old but as a new style of their own. It is this new style of scrimshaw to which this book's interests are directed. Written by Blackie Collins and featuring scrimshaw art by internationally recognized scrimshaw artist Michael Collins, this book will enable you, with a small investment in common tools, to create beautiful and authentic scrimshaw pieces of your own. The authors illustrate the methods, tools, and materials used for creating pictures in ivory and read more
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