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Scrimshander's Secret Scrapbook of Whaling Era Illustrations - The Spiral Bound Edition

ByAndrew Perkins

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Looking for inspiration for creating a piece of scrimshaw, a drawing or a painting? The Scrimshander's Secret Scrapbook of Whaling Era Illustrations is over 180 images from the late 19th and early 20th centuries featuring sea-faring and whaling images originally created as woodcuts, lithographs drawings and paintings. The illustrations cover the range from catastrophes - where skiffs of sailors get "fluke slapped" by angry whales to the fabled "Kraken" - the giant squid of the deep! With this many period illustrations, one is sure to find inspiration for their own masterpiece on what ever medium they choose - be it mammoth ivory, old piano keys, canvas, or a vintage tattoo!

Details

Publication Date
Dec 11, 2010
Language
English
ISBN
9781312051218
Category
Crafts & Hobbies
Copyright
All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors
By (author): Andrew Perkins

Specifications

Pages
173
Binding
Perfect Bound
Interior Color
Black & White
Dimensions
US Letter (8.5 x 11 in / 216 x 279 mm)

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