Am wanting to learn scrimshaw and eggshell carving any advice on..?

Question

Am wanting to learn scrimshaw and eggshell carving can anyone give advice on where i can learn this art and get the tools and designs ?

Answer 1

Check out this page at my website:
http://www.glassattic.com/polymer/carving.htm
(... click especially on the Scrimshaw category for links to "real" scrimshaw, but you can also carve into polymer clay to make something that looks just like scrimshaw... it can be done in different ways when the clay is raw or baked)

(You may also be interested in the category called "Tools" because there can be similar ones used for polymer clay when carving like this.)


You can find links to eggshell carving info and sites on this page:
http://members.tripod.com/%7ELuJS/Carvingtools.html

This page has various lessons on egg "etching" (carving):
http://members.tripod.com/~LuJS/EggLessons-INDEX.HTML
(... turn down your sound system before clicking on that link!)


HTH,

Diane B.

Answer 2

You only put the empty shell back in the carton if you are ready to throw it away. If it still has eggs in it, you should throw the eggshell in the trash or the compost heap. If you put empty shells in the carton with fresh eggs, you get raw egg all over the carton, which is messy and can cross-contaminate other stuff in the fridge. It also turns into a salmonella petri dish that way.