Explore the art of scrimshaw and create your own scrimshaw keepsake box.
There is a $5 non-refundable fee for this program.
Explore scrimshaw, a true American folk art, with Cold Spring Harbor Whaling Museum and Education Center. See examples from their collection and discover how whalers carved teeth, bones and baleen into beautiful works of art. Pick up a kit from the library with all the supplies to sketch, carve and ink a "fauxshaw" keepsake box as you follow along on Zoom. Registration is required. HPL cardholders only. Kits are limited and must picked up at the library between on July 23 and July 26 or they will go to the next person on the waitlist. There is a $5 non-refundable fee for this program.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Take & Create | Local History | Lectures and Workshops | Arts and Crafts |
TAGS: | whaling museum of cold spring harbor | tails and tales | summer reading club | scrimshaw | long island | local history |
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