tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53695946284419377402024-03-14T07:54:45.374-07:00KolrosingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10641349761456844306noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5369594628441937740.post-54665314818656632042012-04-09T03:17:00.000-07:002012-04-09T03:17:23.697-07:00Kolrosing vs wood burning<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Tahoma","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Kolrosing does look similar to wood burning but no
hot iron to worry about, just a sharp knife (no power needed, can be done
anywhere). Kolrosing can have a finer detail then wood burning because of the
fine cut marks. They can be varnished over. It makes them look great.
Kolrosings are very durable when finished with just walnut oil and are food safe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Working with youth I became interested
in mountain men, men like John Colter, Jedediah
Smith, and Jim Bridger. Attending mountain man rendezvous</span> I became
familiar with trappers equipment, such as black powder rifles, powder
horns, and flint & steel (used to make fire). Wanting to make a powder
horn, I learned about scrimshaw, the handiwork created by whalers. It <span class="apple-style-span">is made by making fine cuts with a knife, then rubbing
ink into the cuts to reveal the pattern. </span>Whale teeth and ivory are hard
to come by these days. What else could be used? If you can scrimshaw on bone
and ivory why not do it on wood? <o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Doing scrimshaw on wood involved
a lot of trial and error. I knew I had to seal the wood. My first attempt was a
wood glue and water coating. This worked somewhat but was very ugly. I settled on
wood varnish. This works very well and looks great. Varnishing wood is time
consuming; time that could be used for actual scrimshawing. What to use for ink
was another problem. Markers don’t work unless you want the younger kids to
just color the wood so they don’t have to use a knife. By the way, little kids really
enjoy being involved. India ink and wood stain became the ink of choice. All
went well until the bottle of stain spilt on the table. Tests with Kool-Aid, Jello
and charcoal had mixed results. Grinding up charcoal is very messy. What comes as
a fine power is inexpensive and is it non toxic? Cocoa, straight out of the can,
cocoa!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Years later I discovered the art of kolrosing
(cole-rose-ing).<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333;"> Kolrosing
is an old Scandinavian art form, dating back to Viking </span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">times.
</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">This is exactly what I
have been doing all along.</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> Scrimshaw</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"> uses bone, whale teeth or ivory. Kolrosing is done on
wood. Traveling from </span></span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Mountain
Men through </span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">scrimshaw on to kolrosing has been
an </span><span style="font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">interesting and
fun journey.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">For information on Kolrosing email
Kolrosing@bbairn.com</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Cambria","serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-latin;">Or just add a comment.</span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10641349761456844306noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5369594628441937740.post-37571229917633426472012-03-09T06:29:00.000-08:002012-03-09T06:33:08.194-08:00How to do Kolrosing<br />
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1. Cut out and glue pattern to the
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2. Cut the lines of the pattern. Start from
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3. Peel off what you can of the pattern.</div>
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The rest of the pattern will come off with
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4. Apply Powder to the cut marks.</div>
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Apply past and wipe off with a tissue.</div>
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( I use my finger and rub the past into the
power and cut marks, then clean.)</div>
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5. Cut the lines deeper and wider as you
see fit. This is a matter of artistic style and skill.</div>
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Powder and clean from time to time to see
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6. Detail and shading will improve your
artwork. Study others art work for ideas.</div>
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7. Take your time and enjoy your work.</div>
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8. Apply a final coat of past. Wait for the past to “setup” then buff it out
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<br /><br /><br />Kolrosing<br /><br />Kolrosing is an old Scandinavian art form, dating back to Viking times. Similar to scrimshaw, Kolrosing is made by making fine cuts with a knife, then rubbing ink into the cuts to reveal the pattern.<br />Scrimshaw, the handiwork created by whalers, used bone, whale teeth or ivory. Kolrosing is done on wood.<br /><br />For information on Kolrosing email Kolrosing@bbairn.com<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10641349761456844306noreply@blogger.com0