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Saturday, March 5, 2016
Roll Dem Bones
Andrea Falaschi returns to our pages with this set of Futhark runes scribed on real bone. They look like something dug up at an archeological site, and I mean that as high praise.
I have played with the idea of using real (human) bone for some of my projects. While I personally don't care what happens to my body after I die, although it would be nice if some other animals get a meal, I understand some people may not feel the same way. Plus, my other half won't let me have certain things (fancy handmade Ouija board, real human skull, etc.) and I figure items made of human bones would fall into the same category. I guess I am lucky I get to have the weird things that are allowed.
Sad to say that for those Futhark runes they included one that isnt a real rune, the blank one, historically a blank rune was never used, its a modern addition added to commercially available runestone sets. Other then that small little error, the set looks good, might need to try this with some deer bones, already have a set of actual stone runes that I carved.
I have played with the idea of using real (human) bone for some of my projects. While I personally don't care what happens to my body after I die, although it would be nice if some other animals get a meal, I understand some people may not feel the same way. Plus, my other half won't let me have certain things (fancy handmade Ouija board, real human skull, etc.) and I figure items made of human bones would fall into the same category. I guess I am lucky I get to have the weird things that are allowed.
ReplyDeleteSad to say that for those Futhark runes they included one that isnt a real rune, the blank one, historically a blank rune was never used, its a modern addition added to commercially available runestone sets. Other then that small little error, the set looks good, might need to try this with some deer bones, already have a set of actual stone runes that I carved.
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