| 词汇 | scrimshander |
| 释义 | scrimshander noun[ C ] uk /ˈskrɪmˌʃæn.dər/ us /ˈskrɪmˌʃæn.dɚ/ someone who decorates, or makes objects from, the bones, teeth, etc. of animals, traditionally sea animals: Traditionally, scrimshanders were whalemen, sailors, or others who made their living on the sea. Scrimshaw requires great concentration and the scrimshander must work carefully. Related word scrimshanding For this small group of scrimshanders, continuing to carve ivory is about preserving a way of life and an art form. "When I was a kid, it was easy to get whale teeth," said a Nantucket scrimshander of 30 years. He doesn't use whale bone or whale teeth, the traditional media of seafaring scrimshanders, because the animals are endangered. Artists agent anti-modernist artist calligrapher draftswoman draughtsman draughtswoman etcher expressionist maximalist minimalist modernist mosaicist painter sketcher structuralist superagent surrealist tagger the avant-garde |
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