First scrimshaw attempt.

Mike Davis

Mike Davis

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I visited Randy Haas yesterday and we got to talking about scrimshaw, i told him i wanted to try it and he busted out his scrim kit. i did a tiny skull sitting at his house, and was instantly hooked. This is my first real attempt, and while it is a little rough, i am pretty happy with how it turned out.

What do you guys think?
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I figure that after a month of solid practice, i will offer it as a service.
 
HOLY crap that is really nice!
 
I tried to scrimshaw some handles before, they turned out real cr*p that I had to sand them plain. This is pure talent Mr. :thumbup:
 
My mom loved drawing horses and she would have really liked that one. Great job and I look forward to seeing more! What other drawing styles do you do? (nudes/other animals/scenic/fantasy...)

For a first attempt you show talent!
 
Thanks for the kind words guys!! I am a tattoo artist by trade, so i can draw pretty much anything. i have a few pounds of scrap ivory that i planned on doing a bunch of different styles on. I think i should be doing ok after a month or so of practice :)
 
Great first attempt. You're admission that you can already draw gave you away! That's
the hard part. You've clearly got talent, just need to learn some new techniques.
 
First attempt? A month of solid practice my arse!! Am I missing something...that's incredible already.

Either I don't know good scrim work, or you're too modest.
 
Mike, that work looks like complete horse-sh.....wait...well, it looks like horse. ;)

GREAT job at that! Putting out that type of work after practicing a month of ANYTHING would be outstanding, but after only a freaking DAY?!? Awesome job, man. It's a talent that looks to fit you very well.

edit: Saw that you are a tattoo artist already, so that makes sense. Seems like scrim would be a natural step for you to put your art on a new medium. Keep it up! (and post the results, please :D)

--nathan
 
That looks great Mike.

You would have loved Bob Engath. Living in So Cal has a lot of benefits and one of them was to have some of the great knifemakers within a hour drive. Bob was one of those guys and had a nice shop where he made wonderful knives and showed off his scrimshaw. If you can find his book. I went looking for mine and can not find it but he was great at it.

So many of the greats have died.... Bob Engath, Phill Hartsfield, Bob Loveless.... I miss those guys.
 
For the pattern transfer use either a laser printer or a commercial copier to get your design correct size and reverse any writting. Place it on your ivory face down and saturate a cotton ball or q-tip with acetone. Rub the acetone over the back of the print out and it will transfer. Soft pencil can be contact transfered for a general outline if you work like that better.


-Xander
 
My teenage daughter says she would make that into a necklace she liked it so much ! Very nice I can see this being a big hit for you .
Chris
 
beautifull!
A scimshaw artist told me he practised on polished antler to not use up his ivory.
 
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