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Scrimshanders International Scrimshaw Competition began in the Mystic store in June of 2002. Barbara Cullen, owner of Mystic Scrimshanders, began the event to educate the public about Scrimshaw around the world and also to help support this old art form. It is currently the only competition of its kind in the United States. This year's opening night was a wonderful mix of art, music and good food. Many artists and collectors attended and eveyone agreed it was one of the best shows we have ever had. The judges had a hard decision in choosing this years winners. In most cases it came down to a tenth of a point.
The overall winner, taking both Best of Show and the Open Category, was Linda Karst Stone for her beautiful piece "Menagerie Carousel". B/W Nautical went to Salmon Rashidi for his "Whaling Bark Ocean Rover", B/W Wildlife was Terry Christian for "Siberian Tigers"on his spectacular Siberian Ice Ivory tusk, Portrait went to Gary Williams for his "Gloucester", Color Nautical was taken by Sandra Brady for her outside of the box piece "Dangerous Waters", and finally Color Wildlife went to Matt Stotthart for his piece "Elusive Cat". During the 2 weeks the competition was up almost 300 people voted for their choice for the People's Choice Award. In spite of the large number of voters, we came down to a tie between David Smith's "Moonshadow" and Salmon Rashidi"s "Sailing Day, Whaling Bark Ocean Rover". Congratulations to all of this years winners! It was a great show. 2008 Competition Entries
Click on winner to see enlarged image.  ‘Mlezi’ Guardian - by David Smith - $4000  Moonshadow - by David Smith - $4200  "Basking" - by Michael Cohen - $850  "Gloucester" - by Gary Williams - $3575  "Feline Frenzy" - by Emily Fray - $1695  "Dangerous Waters" - by Sandra Brady - $1800  "Elusive Cat" - by Mat Stothart - $1850  "Siberian Tigers" - by Terry Christian - $4800  "Non Progredi Est Regredi" - by Tina White - $1950  "The Boarding Party" - by Tina White - $575  "Polar Bears" - by Karen Reno - $2500  "Falcon" - by Karen Reno - $1250  "Whaling Bark Ocean Rover" - by Salmon Rashidi - $3200  "Small Jar" - by Jim Pauls and Andrew Davey - $4600  "Large Nautical Jar" - by Jim Pauls and Andrew Davey - $6500  "1865" - by Jim Stevens - $850  "Tiger Tip" - by Jim Stevens - $2700  "Netmender" - by Jim Stevens - $650  "Menagerie Carousel" - by Linda Karst Stone - $5500  "Jungle Jaguar" - by Linda Karst Stone - $2500  "Sitting Bear - Arishara" - by Jane Tukarski - $2600  "The Great Tea Race" - by Jane Tukarski - $2500  "We Owe Allegiance to No Country" - by Jane Tukarski - $2100  "Fire Ship" - by Terry Christian - $1550  "Tiger" - by Nancy Lyon - $1600  "Sirens" of Change - by Jane Tukarski - $1600  "Irina" - by William Hunter - $1175  "Rachel" - by Karen Reno - $1250  "I Spied the Constitution" - by Peter Driscoll - $1200  "Forest Elves" - by Timothy Beers - $8000
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