Scrimshaw Addiction

Malevolence Wolf Scrimshaw

This will be my next scrimshaw, a snarling, growling wolf. If you saw this wolf coming at you out of the dark it would be terrifying. It will be scrimshawed on a piece of Fossil Walrus Ivory that was used as an ice axe by the Inuit people. It weighs 394 grams and is 180mm long x 60mm high.

Step 1 – 17/08/21

This picture shows the Walrus chunk which doesn’t look like a perfect piece of Ivory. There are plenty of cracks and blotches, but from past experience it should turn out nicely.

Step 2 – 17/08/21

This picture shows the image attached to the Ivory, ready to be cut out.

Step 3 – 23/08/21

This picture shows the wolf cut out. Next I’ll fill in the black areas, which will take a lot of time. Whenever large areas need to be completely blacked out it’s very time consuming.

Step 4 – 30/09/21

Most of the black is finished, so I’ll move on to the legs and snarling, drooling face.

Step 5 – 18/10/21

The Wolf is finished, so now I’ll move on to the base.

Step 6 – 19/10/21

The base is a piece of wood salvaged from the off cuts bin at the local saw mill. The height of the Ivory made it a tight fit for the shelves of my display cabinet, hence the unusual design of the base with no bottom. There’s no nameplate because there wasn’t enough room with the way I had to make the base.

The End.

Contact Rod: randclacey@bigpond.com