Liquid Gold- Black Gold, the Golden Age of Whaling. Installation of the exhibition at The Greenleaf Gallery at Whittier College, 2012
A whaling scene, carved on the tooth of a sperm whale, made while aboard the whaler, while waiting for the next hunt, scrimshaw.
carving on clayboard
8" x 10"
2012
By copying each carved line from the original scrimshaw, this series of scrimshaw carvings create a one-to-one relationship with the mark makings of the whaler-scrimshaw maker to that of the artist.