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Nov 7, 2008. 4:51 PMCarolinadeWitte
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Apparently you blow out the egg first. Can you tell me how exactly this is done with an emu egg? Could the egg insides not be removed when one pierces the shell? Also, what would be best to practice these techniques on before the first attempt at an actual egg? The price for a fresh emu egg here is very expensive, even though we have many emu farms locally.
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Nov 8, 2008. 3:26 PMbbstudio (author)
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Hello Carolina (hope I got that right), As for the blowing out, I buy them already empty. There is a hole in the bottom between 1/4" and 1/2". I have never blown one out. I asked someone once when I bought an egg how they did it. I was told they drill a hole in the bottom. Then they insert a hollow tube into the hole which is hooked to an air compressor. Kind of like what you see at the gas station to fill your car tires. They then turn on the air and all the egg comes out around the tube. They also said the egg can be eaten but it does not taste very good. I was also told that an emu egg is equal to about 12 chicken eggs. I practice on goose egg shells but they are not as thick so they break easier. As far as using the different layers, I do not know of another egg shell that has distinctive layers like the emu. As for emu carving techniques, I am still learning myself. This is only the fourth emu shell I have carved. For the same reason you quote, price, I have avoided carving them until a co0uple of months ago. I am hooked now though and will carve many more. If you ask the folks at the international egg art guild they can give you some inexpensive sources. I recently bought some from the eggery place. You can google them. they are easy to deal with and have lots of different shells to play with. I hope this helps. I will answer any other questions you might have if I know the answers. Brian
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