@MrScrimshaw<\/a> on Twitter. On that account I will be tweeting regular updates on how the writing is going, and those things for which I would value particular prayer. The account won’t be used for anything else, and I shan’t clog up your feed with unnecessary updates. How about it?<\/p>\nBefore you turn to the excerpt you might like to know about the name of the group:scrimshaw. In the Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries whaling trips could often take up to four years. To while away the long periods of inactivity, many whalemen learnt to carve scrimshaws<\/em> out of whale teeth, like the one pictured below. These men, known as scrimshanders<\/em>, were highly skilled – and learnt the secret of creating beauty out of ugliness, and fashioning something worthwhile out of monotony. My particular creative journey is set to take four months, rather than four years- but I hope to create something of worth along the way.<\/p>\nA vintage scrimshaw - Image:sailon2oceans<\/p><\/div>\n
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