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Scrimshaw Techniques
Jim Stevens
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Description for Scrimshaw Techniques
Paperback. This guide is a dazzling showcase of this uniquely American art form. The pages are filled with tips, techniques, and insights that both educate and demonstrate the steps to creating authentic and beautiful scrimshaw. An examination of ivory includes a wi Num Pages: 160 pages, 224 color photos. BIC Classification: WF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 796.
This guide is a dazzling showcase of this uniquely American art form. The pages are filled with tips, techniques, and insights that both educate and demonstrate the steps to creating authentic and beautiful scrimshaw. An examination of ivory includes a wide range of alternative natural and man-made ivory substitutes, including bone, horn, and nuts. Without question, this is the most complete technical and aesthetic book ever written in the field. With over 200 color photos, this step-by-step guide addresses scrimshaw tools, patterns, inking, and inlays. Originally written as a training manual for studio apprentices, this knowledge is now available to ... Read more
This guide is a dazzling showcase of this uniquely American art form. The pages are filled with tips, techniques, and insights that both educate and demonstrate the steps to creating authentic and beautiful scrimshaw. An examination of ivory includes a wide range of alternative natural and man-made ivory substitutes, including bone, horn, and nuts. Without question, this is the most complete technical and aesthetic book ever written in the field. With over 200 color photos, this step-by-step guide addresses scrimshaw tools, patterns, inking, and inlays. Originally written as a training manual for studio apprentices, this knowledge is now available to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
796g
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764328312
SKU
V9780764328312
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About Jim Stevens
Jim Stevens is an award winning international artist who works as the master scrimshaw and ivory craftsman for Fenton, a New York City-based, international, jewelry design studio.
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