Recent Work

This Old World Globe is based on a map by Hondius circa 1630 scrimmed on an ivory billiard ball. The wooden stand is made by Ken Fredericks.

1 7/8" diameter

An underwater scene of humpback whales scrimmed on a fossil walrus artifact.

2 1/2" X 7 1/2" X 1 1/4"

"The Hazards of the Whale Fisheries" was commissioned by the owner of this sperm whale tooth residing in Washington state. It is a composite of several 19th century engravings as well as my own imagination. Mount by Ken Fredericks.

3" X 7 3/8" X 2 3/4"

This scrim was done on one of the nicest (and largest) slabs of mammoth ivory I have ever worked on. The mount is by Roger Cash and I scrimmed a double eagle NW design in the ivory inlay.

7 1/2" X 5 3/4" X 3 3/4"

This scene on a piece of mammoth ivory depicts a black jaguar standing on ancient Mayan inscriptions carved in stone with the ruins of a temple in the background, drawn from the work of Frederick Catherwood (one of the first westerners to view these Mayan sites and to document them in sketches and engravings in the early 19th Century). The beautiful wood mount with inlay is made by Ken Fredericks.

6" X 5" X 2 1/2"

Scrimshaw on an antique sperm whale tooth with inlay mount by Ken Fredericks.

"Rising with his utmost velocity from the furthest depths, the Whale thus booms his entire bulk into the pure element of air, and piling up a mountain of dazzling foam,...the torn, enraged waves he shakes off, seem his mane; in some cases, this breaching is his act of defiance." Herman Melville in Moby-Dick

6 1/4" X 2 5/8" X 1 3/4" (ivory)

This globe is done on one of the larger ivory billiard balls I have worked on. I used a map drawn for the United States Fisheries Commission by A. Howard Clarke in the 1850's delineating the whaling grounds of the world. I took advantage of the size of the ivory to insert images from old whaling prints.

2 1/4 " diameter

"Catching a Break", scrimmed on a fossil walrus tusk with a Ken Fredericks mount.

2" X 8 1/2" X 1 1/4" (ivory)

Scrimshaw on a beautiful folding knife made by Steve Dunn. Damascus blade and bolster with gold inlay .

4" (3 1/2" blade)

Scrim on a Carlson folding knife of images from well known Japanese woodblock prints of samurai warriors.

2 1/4"

Scrim on a Dennis Friedly "Elmer Keith" fixed blade knife with a walrus ivory handle.

8 1/2"

This pair of male Mandarin ducks is a scrim I did on a beautiful piece of mammoth ivory prepared and mounted by Ken Fredericks. Inspired by a Mandarin I saw in Lithia park in Ashland, Oregon.

4 1/4" X 3 1/2" X 1 3/4"

This scene of a mother and baby panda was scrimmed on a beautiful fossil walrus artifact with a rich umber outer color framing the ivory.

2 3/4" X 12" X 2"

"Bull Elk with Harem", scrimmed on a fossil walrus ivory artifact.

2 1/2" X 11 3/4" X 1 1/2"

A scrim of a mother elephant and her young on a piece of ancient walrus ivory used as an ice axe hundreds of years ago.

2 3/4" X 8 1/2"

Woman with phoenix tattoo". Scrimshaw on mammoth ivory mounted by Roger Cash.

4 1/2" X 3"-2" (ivory dimensions)

I usually scrim maps on the ivory billiard balls but I tried something different on this one. Using the equator to mark above and below the water surface, I put as many different whales (plus a couple of dolphins) as I could fit on it.

1 7/8" diameter