Two confessions: first off, I became attracted to the idea partly because it was a Cardassian thing (it's mentioned in the DS9 episode Second Skin - for lo! I am a Geek!) and secondly, my own involvement hasn't yet gone further than gathering together some basic tools and materials and reading up on it. This is partly down to laziness and partly down to lack of space at my mother's - I shall be forcing myself to do some actual work once I'm established at the flat.
The bone needs to be the weight-bearing bone from something large like a cow or a deer - I have plenty of beef marrowbones knocking about, and Spike and Squish are very helpful about gnawing off all the gristle, marrow and chewy parts and leaving me with lovely clean white bone to work with. It's a beautiful, living, material - I love the look, feel and texture of it, the fine grain and the weight.
More info: http://www.carving.co.nz/index.html and http://www.boneart.co.nz/
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Date: 2005-01-23 03:12 pm (UTC)The bone needs to be the weight-bearing bone from something large like a cow or a deer - I have plenty of beef marrowbones knocking about, and Spike and Squish are very helpful about gnawing off all the gristle, marrow and chewy parts and leaving me with lovely clean white bone to work with. It's a beautiful, living, material - I love the look, feel and texture of it, the fine grain and the weight.
More info: http://www.carving.co.nz/index.html and http://www.boneart.co.nz/