Funny Stories . . . . .
Pacific Carvers has on occasion been asked
to carve some unusual things - not just unusual designs such as replicas of
vintage motorcycles (we suggested that the requestor look for a model kit at the
local hobby shop), guitars (the regular guitar with inlaid paua
was cute, but we declined to carve a replica of an electric guitar) and all
manner of skulls, etc.
But some
people have offered some unusual materials as well. Take for instance, the lady
that wanted the fangs of her much-loved and now deceased German shepherd carved
into pendants or earrings to wear. How did she get them out? The
mind boggles.
Then, of course,
there are the human bone stories - yes, we were asked to carve the extracted
knee bone of a man who had just had knee-replacement surgery. We reassured
him that we thought that such a souvenir was best kept in it's natural state (if
at all!).
A student who spent
quite a bit of time at our studio decided one day to carve a minature elephant's
shoe - complete with eyes for laces and a red velvet insole. He carved it
for a woman whom he cared about very much and said only that it was
"private joke" between the two of them. We didn't pry.
A
carver friend once made a bone carving for her dog - and,yes, the dog ate it!
We've
made game pieces (including two sets of bone checker pieces), repaired antiques
- such as ivory chess pieces, bone hands on cuckoo clocks, bone tusks on ebony
elephant sculptures, and we've made specialty items - such as a connector piece
for a bag pipe, a bridge for a guitar and all manner of one-off hand carved
items.
