Neat!

That is so nifty!

I understand using a laser to etch the design; much faster and more accurate and you don't need years 'n years of practice to be good at it. What did you use for pigment? What did you use for ivory? Bone? Did you use a laser to carve the final shape?

actually, the laser only works about as good as a printer. yes, you can get some really nice details, but you still have to dea with things like dpi. the end result is, more accurately, like a pointillized version instead of the scratched style of classic scrimshaw.
to answer your questions; i used sculpey for the pigment, rubbing it into all the holes and recesses created by the lasering process. as for the raw material, it is faux-ivory acrylic. it's just acrylic colored vaguely like ivory, without the subtle striations and grain [like wood] of real bone.
i have had the fortunate opportunity to use some vintage ivory reclaimed from an old piano, and the results with laser cutting/etching are surprisingly good. for the etched areas, the laser actually burns the bone, resulting in the serendipitous result of the image being filled in with literal bone black, the traditional ink used as the pigment in traditional scrimshaw. cutting results in actually burning through the bone, so the result can handily be popped out.

That truly is nifty, especially what a laser can do with actual ivory! (Faux ivory? Well, it's better than killing elephants.) I hope you do more of these.

faux [pronounced foh as in "fee fi foh fum"] means it is fake, artificial. it's essentially a colored plastic. no animals were harmed in the making of these pieces.

Yes, "faux" is French for false or fake. It is not made of any animal parts. That is why it is better to use faux ivory than to kill elephants for their (real ivory) tusks.

ah, sorry. i'm used to people getting confused about the word. good to see you know your vocabulary.