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Published: 2011-10-18 15:31:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 2352; Favourites: 68; Downloads: 26
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The front view this is a tree of life pendant carved from one small piece of fossilized mammoth tusk the coloration difference is from the material itself i carved it down to get to the lighter color so there would be this color difference.Related content
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...this is beautiful. beyond beautiful. i wish i could commission a piece from you. either this or one of the hair ornaments
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perhaps one day you will,Β everything in its own time!
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hm. i know you've done hairsticks/hairpins. have you ever done/considered ornamental combs?
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...what would the price range be on the pins or the combs? :3
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Β Not meaning to soundΒ Β blunt or harsh.Β The price is really based on the complexity ofΒ what it is you want me to make and the material it out of. Β So it is very difficult for me to just give a base price that possibly has SO many variablesΒ and for there protection I don't give out prices of the pieces that now belong to other people.
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that makes perfect sense. i will think about what i want then
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Excellent job of taking advantage of what the material had to offer.
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thank you very much!
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That's amasing work.
I recon the metal ring detracts somewhat though - perhaps something more elegant?
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Up untill now I've just done a simple loop round with the cord to attach mine although now I'm experimenting with various, more complicated knots and lashings.
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This is amazing, so very intricate. I desperately wish I could commission you for my costume for the Ren Faire. At any rate, your work is simply amazing!
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thank you very much , hopefully one day you will have what you want for your Ren Fest costume from me
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Nicely done. One thing though I'm curious about, when you say fossilized do you mean stone or just really old ivory. It's not that I'm doubting your word it's just most of the fossils I've come across tend to be quite dark in colour
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The mammoth ivory that this is from is only partially fossilized, I was told it is anywhere between 100,000 to 500,000 years old (thats based on where geologically it was found), it is rather hard but not yet lost some of the carving characteristics of ivory.
This does have a very dark layer and the other side which is the top most layer or surface side has a lot of mineral intrusion, thats where all the color comes from and why i didnt carve that side . The side that i carved was the "inside" layers so did not have the same mineral intrusion as the surface does.it just happened to have a slightly lighter color layer that i carved down to to make a kind of reverse cameo where the dark layer is up and the lighter is the background, it really just happened that it was that way and i tried to take advantage of it.
also the other pieces that i have of this are very dark some have a huge amout of mineral intrusion and color on the surface , The mammoth ivory Perins axe is from this material you can see on the back of it a similar coloration variation in the layers i didnt carve the surface of this piece either cause i liked so much the natural coloration going on. the back however was rather fragile layer wise and carving it would not have been wise as it could have destabilized the rest of the piece.
I have to evaluate each piece of raw material very carefully when dealing with stuff this old (Even new stuff)some is still in very good condition and can hold detailed carving, another piece you look at it sideways and it crumbles in your hands.
but ya a lot of stuff is very dark but there is also stuff out there that have some beautiful color variations in it i lucked into a "few" small pieces of some very nice material.
thank you by the way, hope this helped!
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Thanks
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thank you very much ,love your hook work!
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Very very pretty! All the tiny details you do... amazing!
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thank you so very much!!
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Beautiful design and work! And wow, the side view is very impressive.
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thank you very much!
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thank you very much!
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Incredible work, I wouldn't have the guts to do anything with mammoth tusk!
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ya never know till ya try! and thank you very much!
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Amazing as always. But where did you come up with fossilized mammoth tusks?
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a friend gave me a bag of small scraps this is what i made from one of them ,I still have a few left, the Perrins axe from mammoth tusk is also from those same scraps
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Wow good friend. It not every day someone come's a crossed Mammoth tucks. You'd think it would be pretty pricey too.
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Wow, and I thought fossils looked good enough on their own. This is really well-made! It almost carries some kind of meaning, carving a tree of life pendant from the remains of an ancient animal.
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one might think that! and you might be correct.......
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thank you wulfgarf!
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