[MR] Substitutions for Ivory and Whale Bone

[Martelle von Charlottenburg]

I personally use regular old bleached cow bone. I buy
mine from the pet store. Everytime I go in I check the
bone bin. They sell them in different lengths and
thicknesses.

Martelle


--- Achbar Ibn Ali <achbar at earthlink.net> wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Jul 2007 23:16:05 -0400, you wrote:
> 
> >Greetings unto all in our fair Kingdom,
> >
> >I have read with interest of a new, sponsored
> competition to be held
> >at the coming Coronation of our Princeps and
> Princepessa, Logan and
> >Rowan.
> 
> >If you are of the camp that will make their fans
> from scratch - think
> >about making the fan 'blades' (is that correct
> terminology) from balsa
> >or basswood (may or may not be of our time period,
> but light and
> >forgiving to a point), or try thin sheets of
> polymer clay to imitate
> >ivory.  Or use horn, or bone from another creature
> that has been
> >bleached white/cream.
> >
> >Miriel
> 
>   All of this sounds fantastic.  How strong is
> polymer clay when you
> use it like this?   What kind of animal horn or bone
> works best?
> 
> 
> Achbar
>
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