Contemporary Netsuke Artist, fine crafts and model making
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…
Now I have a walnut. Ho - Ho - Ho Getting into the festive spirit I though it would be nice to share a few pictures of a bauble I carved this year. It started life as a walnut netsuke based on studio Ghibli's classic character Totoro but I abandoned it after I noticed a…
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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