oderlesseye Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 This almost complete work Was done by Darrel Morris , An Artist who approached me at Escondido Ren Fair last year. Back then he was making naked images of Women and has since switched to pirates. Eye Know Scrimshaw was more popular during the Whaling years..but Eye wonder if it was a practice during GAOP? http://www.myspace.com/oderlesseyehttp://www.facebook....esseye?ref=nameHangin at Execution dock awaits. May yer Life be a long and joyous adventure in gettin there!As he was about to face the gallows there, the pirate is said to have tossed a sheaf of papers into the crowd, taunting his audience with these final words: "My treasure to he who can understand." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peglegstrick Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Saw it on Facebook Mr. Eye..........Damn nice work ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Hand Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 This almost complete work Was done by Darrel Morris , An Artist who approached me at Escondido Ren Fair last year. Back then he was making naked images of Women and has since switched to pirates. Eye Know Scrimshaw was more popular during the Whaling years..but Eye wonder if it was a practice during GAOP? Don't quote me but....I imagine as long as sailors been sailin' they been recordin' their journies on Bone or Ivory....Nice likeness by the way....saw one just like it in the Post Office today...Not carved, just a picture.........Yaaaaaaaarrrrrrr. Iron Hand's Plunder Purveyor of Quality Goodes of questionable origins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLUNDERING PYLOS PARKER Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 very cool -it be u oderlesseye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 I'm not sure if it is "period" of not, but remember, people also did scrimshaw on powder horns... Anyway, if anyone wants to practice doing some scrimshaw of their own, you can scratch a design onto a white or light colored Bic lighter, and then rub ink or pencil lead (graphite) into the design. Hey, it does take some practice to get the scratches right,and to be able to work on a curved surface....But lighters are common and cheap enough to use. The picture of Darrel Morris's work is fantastic, but you know he hadda start somewhere.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bo'sun Carl Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 Wicked cool!!! That individual has a lot of tallent. As to the practice when I was a lad we used pieces of empty bleach bottle for practice before we transitioned to bone, horn or antler. Untill we meet again may you have fair winds and following seas. Y.M.H.S. C- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoD Posted February 12, 2011 Share Posted February 12, 2011 that be very cool ...and then I discovered the wine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oderlesseye Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 (edited) This example of Scrimshaw is of non other than Talderoy! Another fyne piece of artistry by Darrel Morris Edited February 13, 2011 by oderlesseye http://www.myspace.com/oderlesseyehttp://www.facebook....esseye?ref=nameHangin at Execution dock awaits. May yer Life be a long and joyous adventure in gettin there!As he was about to face the gallows there, the pirate is said to have tossed a sheaf of papers into the crowd, taunting his audience with these final words: "My treasure to he who can understand." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrel Morris Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Yes. You can practice scrimshaw on most plastics. Plastic spoons are a popular choice for teaching children to scrimshaw. The word originated on board whaling ships but the art of engraving bone and ivory goes back to the stone age. I can't say if this art was practiced on board ships during the GAoP but the tools and materials have pretty much always existed so it wouldn't surprise me if it was. It would be dificult to prove though. But remember that the fact that there is no surviving examples doesn't mean it wasn't done. It just means that no examples have survived that can be documented to have originated on a pirate ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capn Bob Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 I can tell ye for a fact how difficult scrimshaw can be, especially to get that level of detail. I was trying out stippling with some good effect afore I stopped scrimshanding. Still got that callus on me finger from it, and I stopped in the early 90's. Odd thing is that many former scrimmers went on and caught the flintknapping bug, as happened with me. However, I have not tried knapping in the winter, not even to experience firsthand what the ice age must have been like. At the moment, here, we seem to have entered an "inter-glacial period"...means we're thawing out. Damn, thats sharp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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