Up Coming Events
Don’t miss the annual Art Walk, August 19, 5-9pm. The galleries of Annapolis join together in an evening to celebrate the arts. Decorated with flying yellow balloons, the galleries host demonstrating artists of all kinds. All the galleries serve refreshments and feature live music. For more information check out www.artinannapolis.com.
Scrimshaw...An Endangered Art Form
During the month of August, Jane Tukarski, a contemporary Maryland scrimshander will be American Craftworks Collection’s featured artist. Scrimshaw, the art of intricately detailed engraving on ivory, is an indigenous American folk art that originated during the whaling era of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Jane’s goal is to perpetuate the American folkart of scrimshaw which is in danger of becoming a lost art. Jane engraves only on ivory and bone that is legally obtained. Most of the ivory which ranges from 10,000 to 50,000 years old was found in glacial till and was preserved by the extreme cold of the permafrost. All pieces are original, hand-engraved, and one of a kind.
Jane will be demonstrating engraving during the Annapolis Art Walk on Thursday, August 19, from 5 – 9 pm at American Craftworks Collection.