scrimshaw pendant: Honey Bee #2

Finished!


Honey Bee #2
multicolor scrimshaw on pre-ban elephant ivory
18x25mm, set in sterling silver
sold (custom commission)

March 1 work in progress

It's much farther along than this in real life, I'm just dragging this out for the sake of drama. ;-)

February 27 work in progress, etc.

Sorry I've been so bad about blogging lately. No good excuse, just haven't been in the mood for it.

I am working on an order for another scrimshaw bee pendant. The bee itself will be pretty much exactly the same as the first one that I did (well, aside from the fact that since it's done by hand and each piece requires a fresh batch of ink it therefore will of course be somewhat different...). This pendant will be oval instead of rectangular though. I'm really making an effort NOT to look at photos of the first bee pendant I did, since I don't want to get hung up on wondering exactly how I did it and exactly what colors I used. Just want to go for it anew! I've started with the darkest areas.


For other entertainment, here's a carefully arranged photo of a chocolate peanut butter cheesecake that I made. It cracked badly, my cheesecake baking skills need honing. Sometimes I get it just perfect, other times not! Clearly I need more people in my life to come over and eat cheesecake so I can practice more!


I seem to have officially started collecting eggs for hatching. They produced a whopping zero eggs yesterday and a whopping two eggs today, so I guess that's a start. I'll fire up the 'bater mid week and make sure it's running well.

Honey Bee scrimshaw pendant

Honey Bee (pendant)
11/16" by 15/16"
multicolor scrimshaw on mammoth ivory

This piece will be available at a bee art show!

Thank you to those of you who answered the "top 5 wild animals" question. I appreciate the input. I wrote them all down, and then went through the list and checked off any that inspired a little spark of creativity (and that could be used on the materials I already have, I don't want to order more ivory right now). Many did not spark anything. Nothing personal. :-) I wrote all those down on little slips of paper and put them in a bag and when I get a chance to work on stuff for Blade Show and/or Jackson Hole (that's another thing, I'm trying to make pieces that would go well at either show) then I'll pick one out of the bag.

So today I started a green sea turtle pendant! I really should get back to the work in progress pics. But the camera is in the other room and I'm so tired....

Hey, don't forget you only have ten days left to shop the big Spring Cleaning sale, you know, where stuff is marked down like 50%. After April 30th the prices go back to normal. Want something? Contact me! I know, anonymity would be nice for shopping, and I wish I could set up a good "shopping cart" system for you, but the shipping is SO variable and generally has no relation to the price of the piece, so unfortunately it's never worked well to do that. Sorry. But really, just call or email. I don't bite. Much. ;-)