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Ernst Oslender,sculptor/multimedia artist Address 4750 Finch Rd. Lake Country BC V0H 2C0 Telephone and Fax (250) 766-4450 Email Address Website http://www.primal.bc.ca/scrimshaw Affiliations Categories Craft Arts - Artists and Designers Craft Arts - Studios and Venues

Sculptor, seriumshandes & photographer Scrimshaw is a technique of engraving and subsequently filling the grooves with color. It dates back over two thousand years and was a medium of folk art on this continent during the whaling era. Ernst Egon Oslender is known worldwide as the Scrimshaw artist of genuine Canadian scenes. All the designs are entirely engraved by hand. He recycles rejected pieces of ivory from a company in Solingen, Germany, where Ernst lived before he moved to Canada.