{"id":5437,"date":"2016-05-15T23:18:49","date_gmt":"2016-05-15T22:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hst254.host03.loswebos.de\/wp\/?page_id=5437"},"modified":"2025-07-03T13:03:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T12:03:48","slug":"the-great-bowmakers-from-the-21th-century-18-exceptional-contemporary-bows-with-ivory-mountings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/?page_id=5437","title":{"rendered":"The Darling Ivory Project Part I &#8211; The Great Bowmakers from the 21th Century: 18 exceptional Contemporary bows with Ivory mountings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Great Bowmakers from the 21th Century: 18 exceptional Contemporary bows with Ivory mountings made with pre convention CITES certified ivory.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hst254.host03.loswebos.de\/wp\/?attachment_id=5428\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5428\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5428\" src=\"http:\/\/hst254.host03.loswebos.de\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DONE.jpg\" alt=\"DONE\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DONE.jpg 400w, https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/DONE-160x160.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><em>May\u00a02017, NEWS<\/em> &#8230;<em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">from Cologne\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<p>The 2015 Darling Ivory Project has been successfully ended with the adoption\u00a0of 7 years for each of the 18 baby African elephants, which were\u00a0financed by 18 donated bows by 18 bow makers. The bows, made with ivory frogs from the very same tusk and pre CITES of 1974 were legally purchased from a legal source and each bow was delivered with CITES certification for the frog, button and tip.<\/p>\n<p>Here some images:<\/p>\n<p>Mitsuaki Sasano, Osaka &amp; Nice:<a href=\"http:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=5906\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5906\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5906\" src=\"http:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Sasano-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1512\" height=\"2016\" srcset=\"https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Sasano-2017.jpg 1512w, https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Sasano-2017-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1512px) 100vw, 1512px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Doriane Bodart, Paris:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=5861\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5861\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5861\" src=\"http:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_2514-e1510073198988.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3024\" height=\"4032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_2514-e1510073198988.jpg 3024w, https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_2514-e1510073198988-900x1200.jpg 900w, https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_2514-e1510073198988-1875x2500.jpg 1875w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3024px) 100vw, 3024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=5906\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5906\">Stephane Thomachot, Cucuron:<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/?attachment_id=5855\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5855\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5855\" src=\"http:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC4418_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"853\" height=\"1279\" srcset=\"https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC4418_2.jpg 853w, https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSC4418_2-800x1200.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 853px) 100vw, 853px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Josephine Thomachot, Paris:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hst254.host03.loswebos.de\/wp\/?attachment_id=5769\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5769\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5769\" src=\"http:\/\/hst254.host03.loswebos.de\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1170.jpg 960w, https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1170-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Harm Bakker, Amsterdam:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hst254.host03.loswebos.de\/wp\/?attachment_id=5770\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5770\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5770\" src=\"http:\/\/hst254.host03.loswebos.de\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_0980.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_0980.jpg 960w, https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_0980-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Josef Gabriel, Erlangen:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hst254.host03.loswebos.de\/wp\/?attachment_id=5771\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5771\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5771\" src=\"http:\/\/hst254.host03.loswebos.de\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1087_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1087_3.jpg 960w, https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1087_3-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vladimir Mukhin, Moscow:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hst254.host03.loswebos.de\/wp\/?attachment_id=5772\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5772\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5772\" src=\"http:\/\/hst254.host03.loswebos.de\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1116_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1116_3.jpg 960w, https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1116_3-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Victor Bernard, Brussels:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hst254.host03.loswebos.de\/wp\/?attachment_id=5773\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5773\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5773\" src=\"http:\/\/hst254.host03.loswebos.de\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1172_3_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1172_3_2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1172_3_2-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Ulf Johansson, Harl\u00f6sa:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hst254.host03.loswebos.de\/wp\/?attachment_id=5774\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5774\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5774\" src=\"http:\/\/hst254.host03.loswebos.de\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1178_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1178_4.jpg 960w, https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1178_4-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dirk L\u00f6scher, Barcelona:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hst254.host03.loswebos.de\/wp\/?attachment_id=5775\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5775\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5775\" src=\"http:\/\/hst254.host03.loswebos.de\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1182_3_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1182_3_2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1182_3_2-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dominic Wilson, Brussels:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hst254.host03.loswebos.de\/wp\/?attachment_id=5776\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5776\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5776\" src=\"http:\/\/hst254.host03.loswebos.de\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1216_3_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1216_3_2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1216_3_2-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Arthur Dubroca, Paris:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hst254.host03.loswebos.de\/wp\/?attachment_id=5777\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5777\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5777\" src=\"http:\/\/hst254.host03.loswebos.de\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1221_3_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1221_3_2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1221_3_2-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Boris Fritsch, Paris:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hst254.host03.loswebos.de\/wp\/?attachment_id=5778\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5778\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5778\" src=\"http:\/\/hst254.host03.loswebos.de\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1222_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1222_4.jpg 960w, https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1222_4-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Emmanuel Carlier, Paris:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hst254.host03.loswebos.de\/wp\/?attachment_id=5779\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5779\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5779\" src=\"http:\/\/hst254.host03.loswebos.de\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1223_3_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1223_3_2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1223_3_2-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alexandre Aumont, Paris:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hst254.host03.loswebos.de\/wp\/?attachment_id=5780\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5780\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5780\" src=\"http:\/\/hst254.host03.loswebos.de\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1264_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"736\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kees van Hemert, The Hague:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hst254.host03.loswebos.de\/wp\/?attachment_id=5781\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5781\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5781\" src=\"http:\/\/hst254.host03.loswebos.de\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1265_3_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1265_3_2.jpg 960w, https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1265_3_2-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Andreas Gr\u00fctter, Amsterdam:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hst254.host03.loswebos.de\/wp\/?attachment_id=5782\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5782\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5782\" src=\"http:\/\/hst254.host03.loswebos.de\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1280_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"718\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1280_2.jpg 718w, https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/IMG_1280_2-673x1200.jpg 673w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pictures from Thomachot St., Bernd Etzler and M. Sasano will follow.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 1327px; left: 20px;\">Merken<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Merken<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Merken<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Great Bowmakers from the 21th Century: 18 exceptional Contemporary bows with Ivory mountings made with pre convention CITES certified ivory. May\u00a02017, NEWS &#8230;from Cologne\u00a0 The 2015 Darling Ivory Project has been successfully ended with the adoption\u00a0of 7 years for each of the 18 baby African elephants, which were\u00a0financed by 18 donated bows by 18 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/?page_id=5437\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Darling Ivory Project Part I &#8211; The Great Bowmakers from the 21th Century: 18 exceptional Contemporary bows with Ivory mountings<\/span> weiterlesen <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":32,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5437","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5437"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7169,"href":"https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5437\/revisions\/7169"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darlingpublications.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}