Scrimshaw Addiction

Geisha #1 Scrimshaw

This picture shows my next choice, #1 in a set of 5 – a Japanese Geisha in a woodblock print style. It was inspired by a friend David Adams (a fellow scrimshaw artist).

It will be scrimshawed on a very nice piece of fossil Mammoth Ivory. The weight is 26 grams, 5cm wide at the base and 8.5cm high.

Step 1 – 3/4/21

Here is the Ivory polished and ready to begin the scrimshaw. 

Step 2 – 3/4/21

The picture is attached to the ivory ready for the outline to be cut out.

Step 3 – 5/4/21

This is the ivory with the black areas filled in, next is the colouring.

Step 4 – 10/4/21

This picture shows the scrimshaw finished. Next, I’ll make the base.

Step 5 – 10/5/21

I have decided to put all five Geisha Scrimshaws on the same base. I fashioned the base from Rosewood with a Mammoth Ivory nameplate.

The End.

Contact Rod: randclacey@bigpond.com