carvings

Below you will find a collection of carvings used to decorate your Lightship Basket. The whales and dolphins were carved by me. The shells are done off-island by various artists. Carvings have been used on the top of hand bags since Jose Reyes popularized this form of the Nantucket Basket in the late 1940. Many customers and students also put carvings inside their baskets. This is a great way to personalize a gift in a very special way. Carvings shown above are all ivory or ebony. (Yes ivory is legal to buy and sell (inside the U.S..)) Fossil ivory has become popular and can be used in place of standard ivory. Bone carvings are also available but are done overseas and the quality of the carvings is not quite up to the par of the workmanship done locally.