Thread: What are you working on?

Agreed. Best not take the character away.

Originally Posted by RezDog

I made a set of scales. Dyed bone.
Attachment 297342
They are ready to pack. The owner will put his own pin holes in them when he gets on his Stenton project.

Those have a great texture, what did you do to achieve that?

Wow.!
Those are cool as hell, Rez.
How'd ya do the texture, and what'd ya use fir dye.

Originally Posted by RezDog

I made a set of scales. Dyed bone.
Attachment 297342
They are ready to pack. The owner will put his own pin holes in them when he gets on his Stenton project.

Man. Like old picbone. Remarkable work, Rez! Hat's-off!

Originally Posted by MikeT

Agreed. Best not take the character away.

Righteous..

They are a combination of techniques with both a chisel and a Dremel. They are dyed with a concoction of fabric dye and vacuum experiments. I’ve been working at it off and on for some time. I finally got some decent dye penetration and a repeatable texture.

I hope you made notes, Rez! That is the coolest contemporary picbone I have seen. What is the thickness of the bone?

It started at 0.090 so I’m guessing the high spots will be really close to that. Average is likely around 0.075”.

I've been wondering about vacuum chambers for achieving max penetration with oils in scales. Sometimes the inclusions in the horn don't get oiled, so thought maybe..

I was wondering also if heat would play a role in opening up the material for better penetration of oils and dyes and stabilizing agents...?

Anybody know about this?

I had Roy vacuum oil into a bunch of chalky dry slabs at one point. It hydrated them well but they are still quite chippy, so not good for carving but the colour they became makes them look a lot like ivory. I still have some kicking around here.