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Offline Primalartz

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Bone carving
« on: March 29, 2013, 02:19:58 am »
Hawaiian Makau pendant composed of Stellar Sea Cow rib bone, mohagany, Paua shell. Zebrawood and mammoth ivory beads. Every bit of it was made by hand using only hand tools with the exception of the beads which I previously made using a rotary tool method
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Re: Bone carving
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2013, 02:22:32 am »
Very nice work
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Re: Bone carving
« Reply #2 on: March 29, 2013, 02:36:40 am »
Thanks, here's to surviving the Mayan apocalypse !
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Re: Bone carving
« Reply #3 on: March 29, 2013, 02:46:16 am »
Made this for a Native American dancer, cow bone and mother of pearl
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Re: Bone carving
« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2013, 02:54:29 am »
awesome work, very talented. How long have you been carving?
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Re: Bone carving
« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2013, 03:00:10 am »
About 6 years, I studied anthropology and archeology in college and I became fascinated with the Maori tribe of New Zealand and their bone carving. I could not find a pendant nearby to purchase so I fashioned a crude fish hook out of an antler and I've been hooked ever since
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Re: Bone carving
« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2013, 03:11:32 am »
Some more bone and Paua shell
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Re: Bone carving
« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2013, 03:50:37 am »
Very cool!!   8)
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Re: Bone carving
« Reply #8 on: March 29, 2013, 06:15:51 am »
Beautiful work. :)
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Re: Bone carving
« Reply #9 on: March 29, 2013, 11:13:23 am »
wow! lovely!
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Re: Bone carving
« Reply #10 on: March 29, 2013, 11:30:37 am »
NICE work!  What kind of tools do you use?  I've carved some bone, usually use a dremal, but tend to get carried away and screw it up in the end.  I'd love to make some of those "fish hook" necklaces for my boys.  Again, GREAT work! dpg
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Offline Primalartz

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Re: Bone carving
« Reply #11 on: March 29, 2013, 11:47:25 am »
My mainstay tool is a jewlers saw which I use a spiral cut scroll saw blade in it. After the shape is cut out I use needle files and carving knifes. Then if I don't want to go the hand tool route I use a foredom rotary tool. All you really need is a vice and a jewlers saw and some files. A good source of bone is pet store dog bones cut from the shank. Trace your design on the bone, cut it out. Then  smooth the lines with the files. Finish to about a 400 grit sand paper, and then the best thing to use to get that glass like gloss is a three sided fingernail polisher
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Re: Bone carving
« Reply #12 on: March 29, 2013, 11:53:55 am »
Intricate cutting using jewlers saw
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Re: Bone carving
« Reply #13 on: March 29, 2013, 03:48:00 pm »
nice work Primalartz!
since you really are great with that saw you might google Seneca Bone Combs.
Actually all our iroquoian/Huron(wendat) people made combs, but it seems the Seneca combs were being made up into the historic times
and more have survived...I've made a few, and they all seem to end up as gifts!
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Re: Bone carving
« Reply #14 on: March 29, 2013, 04:40:48 pm »
Thanks, I just checked out the combs that's right up my alley. I'm currently a one arm bandit till my shoulder recovers from surgery.  All of my carvings end up as gifts or I trade for materials to keep my hobby going
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