Ebony and ivory aren’t just found on a keyboard. They make a powerful combination when merged together in a unique artform called scrimshaw. A Harris County man has perfected the art. On the surface ...

Dolphin skull covered in scrimshaw of ships, foliage, a butterfly, and flags, from 1750-1850. (all photographs by the author for Hyperallergic) 19th century whalers could be at sea for years, and for ...

Scrimshaw artist Brian Kiracofe on the art of engraving on ivory and bone. Scrimshaw dates back to the late 17th century when whalers who were out on a long voyage would engrave on ivory and bone ...

Long before there were portable electronic screens to create with and be entertained by, there were much simpler ways to occupy long periods of time. Some of these simpler ways grew to be quite ...

I really love artwork by Doug Geiger, who uses bananas - yes, actual real, fresh bananas - as a canvas, and a tattoo machine, sans ink, as a drawing instrument in a technique he calls "banana ...

A new exhibition is looking at the traditional art form of scrimshaw through a wider context and contemporary lens. "The Wider World and Scrimshaw” at the New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts ...

Scrimshaw is a traditional art developed by 18th-century sailors on whaling ships. To pass the time during journeys that could last years, sailors took to hand-carving intricate, flowering designs in ...

FAIRBANKS — The art of scrimshaw — carving and painting on ivory — dates back to the mid-1700s and the whalers roaming the seas at that time. These stout souls used whale’s teeth, baleen, walrus tusks ...

A new exhibit highlighting the art of scrimshaw is now open at the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, Bowdoin College. “Scrimshaw: Selections from the Peter C. Barnard Collection” can be viewed in the ...

Long before there were portable electronic screens to create with and be entertained by, there were much simpler ways to occupy long periods of time. Some of these simpler ways grew to be quite ...