Model: Aurora

Detailed model description

Aurora is a modernization of the Helen Model Helen Reference card for the Helen model: form, balance, intended use and examples. model. This development was made by the well-known maker Dima Okhotnik.

He specializes in complex models such as Carpet Model Carpet Carpet worry beads: construction, row and link statistics, spinning characteristics, collector value and makers’ experience. and produces outstanding hand carving.

In this case, two more rows were added to Helen Model Helen Reference card for the Helen model: form, balance, intended use and examples. . Dima Okhotnik was among the first makers to do this.

To prevent people from confusing Helen Model Helen Reference card for the Helen model: form, balance, intended use and examples. with this model, it was given a separate name that clearly identifies the intended form. Aurora is a more complex version of Helen Model Helen Reference card for the Helen model: form, balance, intended use and examples. .

Because Dima Okhotnik brought this model into the worry-bead world, he is one of the first people to popularize it.

He makes Auroras regularly and, lately, mainly from organic materials: walrus ivory, mammoth ivory Material Mammoth ivory Mammoth ivory: properties, tactile character and handmade catalog pieces. , stained mammoth ivory Material Mammoth ivory Mammoth ivory: properties, tactile character and handmade catalog pieces. , elephant ivory Material Elephant ivory Elephant ivory: properties, tactile character and handmade catalog pieces. , sperm-whale tooth Material Sperm whale tooth Sperm whale tooth: properties, tactile character and handmade catalog pieces. and other organic materials.

Such pieces do not remain for sale for long: collectors take them quickly.

Zhenya Kartavykh also noticed this model and later made several works combining Aurora with Johnny Hammerschmidt Model Johnny Hammerschmidt Reference card for the Johnny Hammerschmidt model: form, balance, intended use and examples. . The result is unusual and raises the level of complexity.

Features and intended use

Aurora is an excellent alternative to Carpet Model Carpet Carpet worry beads: construction, row and link statistics, spinning characteristics, collector value and makers’ experience. because it is wide and has small links. It is a very worthy alternative.

The piece is suited both to flips and to helicopter spins.

Additional information based on collectors’ real-world experience

First of all, Aurora is a very strong modification of Helen Model Helen Reference card for the Helen model: form, balance, intended use and examples. and an excellent, remarkable alternative to Carpet Model Carpet Carpet worry beads: construction, row and link statistics, spinning characteristics, collector value and makers’ experience. .

To better understand who Dima Okhotnik is, the work he makes and the strengths of his pieces, watch the video about his Carpets.