Contemporary Netsuke Artist, fine crafts and model making
Earlier this year I started a small netsuke based on the traditional Japanese Chidori motif. Chidori are a small plover bird and simple designs of them can be seen on modern and antique Japanese goods. I had a small piece of baltic amber I wanted to use for a bird related design and decided to…
Since returning from my travels in Japan in October 2015 my work on netsuke has not been as prolific I would would haveliked. I have yet to produce a new fox priest after the last one escaped and only now do I feel like I am starting to get back into carving after that setback.…
In September of 2015 myself and my fiance visited Japan and traveled to several different locations including Tokyo, Kyoto, Nara, Takayama, and Kanazawa. My most recent netsuke carving at the time accompanied us on our travels. This was a carving of a fox disguised as a priest which gave me great pleasure to make.…
I just completed my fifth netsuke, this time representing a fox which hopefully appears calm and tranquil. It is made from the root section of an old scrap of walrus tooth so the shape, and to some extent to composition of the netsuke was dictated by the material. This netsuke also gave me the opportunity to experiment with…
It has been a long time in the making but I feel I am at a point where I can call this piece finished. A 37mm by 37mm manjū style netsuke made from polished ebony with mother of pearl, abalone, horn, antler and gold inlay. It represents a dashing hare at night under a clouded…
For a while now I have been working on a new netsuke. I decided to try my hand at a manju netsuke and do a bit of relief carving. I also wanted to try doing some inlay work, juxtaposing the dark cloudy ebony with silvery mother of pearl. The photos here show the piece as it currently stands. …
New netsuke I mentioned in my previous post that I was working on a new netsuke of a rabbit (hare) and as I am currently unemployed and seeking work I have had plenty of time to work on it. As a result, it is complete, I think. This represents my 3rd netsuke. I feel I…
Background I have spent the last 3 years studying Occupational Therapy at university. This is not my first degree though, my first was Art and Design. I specialised in product design, even though I was much better at fine art and this has always been a curse of sorts as I always want to do…
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