Post #596349 by MajikImaje on Wed, Jul 6, 2011 2:46 AM

I live in the upper regions of the Arctic in Alaska. Most of the small Inupiaq Eskimo villages have 80% unemployment; How do large families survive ? Arts & Crafts !

I would like to post samples of our work. We teach many children in many different villages in the Arctic; Point Hope (home) Kotzebue & Barrow.

How do you take fossil ivory that looks like this:

These are the 3 slices of ivory that were used to make this gorgeous stunning fossil bracelet

Want to learn a simple secret about ivory that not too many people know ?

How do you suppose that saturated color change took place? Any ideas ??

It happens overnight; when you .. .. soak the pieces of ivory in 'baby oil' it brings out the faint hues that are present in fossil ivory!!

Anyone can do this; We have been teaching children for many years; Believe it or not; It only takes less than two days to become very proficient at doing this.

If possible I sure would love to teach members how to do this @ home.