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Old 10-16-2008, 12:43 AM
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Default Re: Katherine's Scrimshaw Tutorial: experimenting with mammoth ivory

Okay, back to work on this one, now where did I leave off...

The little printout is taped to the ivory, and here I am transferring the image by poking through the paper. This the steel tipped etching needle I'm using. Normally I'd be holding the piece with my left hand, but the left hand had to take the photo, so yeah this is a little "staged."



See, holes in the paper!



And if you get the light reflecting just right you can see the dots on the ivory.



I'm going to use etching ink on this piece since it's not going to be worn or handled after it's done. It'll be framed. I'm using a very dark brown ink, just because I want to see how that's going to look, rather than black.

Here's how it looks after inking the transfer dots.



Next step (not tonight) is to "connect the dots" and solidify that outline so I can see what I'm doing!