luv1another
January 31st 2007, 11:24 PM
well I just know all you americans are interested in how to go about carving an emu egg so you can rush out and try it so here goes :teeth:
yes I have carved emu eggs before in fact one of my eggs is in some japanesse persons special gallery because an echange student from here took it over :teeth: so yeah anyway here goes....
First, the egg is pierced at each end so that the yolk can be blown out of the shell. if its a fresh egg...I havnt had to do this for an emu egg cause mine have come from emu farm and have already been blown :teeth:
now that you have your egg your going to need a small knife something a little flexible I have found best :shrug: like a stanley trimmer or such but each person will probably be comfortable with diffrent types of knives or blades,
ok you need a rough idea of how big your going to make your picture. you then gentley but with a slight force (this is where its soooo easy to break the egg) need to chip the outer dark blue shell off into an oval or circle shape of the size of your choice.
once you have the outer shell off you will need some wet and dry sand paer you now sand the powdery residue off to a nice shiny blue.
after this you trace or draw your design on the surface you have sanded.
now you take the stanley trimmer or other knife/blade and carve your image into the egg there is about 5 layers of diffrent colours just be very carefull with the lowest layer (white) or you will go through the egg.
here are some diffrent designs by diffrent artists for your viewing pleasure as an example there are other ways to carve the eggs and some people are using power tools now days as well :shrug: if you carve emu eggs I would love for you to place your way of doing it here too...
http://www.amonline.net.au/snapshots/emu_eggs/artists.htm
yes I have carved emu eggs before in fact one of my eggs is in some japanesse persons special gallery because an echange student from here took it over :teeth: so yeah anyway here goes....
First, the egg is pierced at each end so that the yolk can be blown out of the shell. if its a fresh egg...I havnt had to do this for an emu egg cause mine have come from emu farm and have already been blown :teeth:
now that you have your egg your going to need a small knife something a little flexible I have found best :shrug: like a stanley trimmer or such but each person will probably be comfortable with diffrent types of knives or blades,
ok you need a rough idea of how big your going to make your picture. you then gentley but with a slight force (this is where its soooo easy to break the egg) need to chip the outer dark blue shell off into an oval or circle shape of the size of your choice.
once you have the outer shell off you will need some wet and dry sand paer you now sand the powdery residue off to a nice shiny blue.
after this you trace or draw your design on the surface you have sanded.
now you take the stanley trimmer or other knife/blade and carve your image into the egg there is about 5 layers of diffrent colours just be very carefull with the lowest layer (white) or you will go through the egg.
here are some diffrent designs by diffrent artists for your viewing pleasure as an example there are other ways to carve the eggs and some people are using power tools now days as well :shrug: if you carve emu eggs I would love for you to place your way of doing it here too...
http://www.amonline.net.au/snapshots/emu_eggs/artists.htm