Best of Rhode Island 2009 Editors' Picks

Scrimshaw evolved more than 200 years ago, when whalers carved designs in whale bone during long seafaring trips. The art continues today, as scrimshanders in both these locations use ancient walrus, prehistoric mammoth teeth, and even recycled piano keys, to fashion handsome original pendants, earrings, cufflinks and tuxedo studs, as well as other items, all from ivory that has been legally sourced.