[Jewelry making - Article 00435] - Re: [Orchid] Carving Ivory

[Jim Small]

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Sumner -

    That is an excellent "short seminar" on working fossil ivory! 

    The only place where I would add anything is to mention two books by
    Carson I.A. Ritchie; SOFT STONE CARVING and MODERN IVORY CARVING.
    Now, the soft stone book is so-called because it focuses on
    materials "softer" than quartz, but the procedures overlap well with
    your explanation. The ivory carving book is somewhat disappointing
    because it is mostly about carvings, and not the processes of
    carving; however, there is one very good chapter on the carving
    process itself. 

    Seemingly no one has yet to produce the definitive work on using
    fossil ivories, and very few even address the very real differences
    between working in mammoth/mastodon ivory and fossil walrus ivory. 

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    Modern ivory carving
    By Carson I. A Ritchie
    http://www.ganoksin.com/jewelry-books/us/product/0498077853.htm

    Soft stone carving (A Scopas handbook)
    By Carson I. A Ritchie
    http://www.ganoksin.com/jewelry-books/us/product/0856700169.htm

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Jim Small
Small Wonders Lapidary


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