Illustration by Amanda Nedham

Amanda Nedham’s History of Violence I

Illustration by Amanda Nedham

Illustration by Amanda Nedham

Illustration by Amanda Nedham

Illustration by Amanda Nedham

Amanda Nedham’s Sleep of Reason II

Lisa Solomon’s doily body : brain, 2006, colored pencil and embroidery on duralar, 12 x 9 inches

Lisa Solomon’s doily body : heart, 2006, colored pencil and embroidery on duralar, 12 x 9 inches

Lisa Solomon’s doily body : gut, 2006, colored pencil and embroidery on duralar, 12 x 9 inches

Lisa Solomon’s chloroform, 2007, acrylic, colored pencil, graphite, embroidery on duralar, 6 x 6 inches

Lisa Solomon’s dimethyl mercury, 2007, acrylic, colored pencil, graphite, embroidery on duralar, 12 x 16 inches

Lisa Solomon’s dimethylformamide, 2007, acrylic, colored pencil, graphite, embroidery on duralar, 12 x 16 inches

pattern design for CNC milling.

pattern design for CNC milling.

Here are some illustrations I’ve been looking at as inspiration for a basis for my scrimshaw and pyrography work.

Amanda Nedham

Lisa Solomon

Nic di Genova 

After some experiments with hand techniques, I got thinking that it might be nice to try some mechanical engraving (perhaps in combination) on my bone pieces. I have designed some engraving patterns to be CNC milled into some bone pieces – more next post on that.