Netsuke Boxwood
Hallo,
i just wanted to share some Netsuke i have made.
The first is an older piece i carved.It was the first Netsuke i was satisfied with, it is a Strawberry with a "Fly".
I have tried to apply a yashadama stain (like the one Masatoshi is discribing in Mr. Raymond Bushells book "The Art of NETSUKE CARVING").
I also socked up every Information i could get on the forum.
But it somehow still doesn`t worked out like i`ve planed it.
The Strawberry was in the cold infusion for almost 8 hours
Hello Artur,
Thank you for posting images and questions.
I am not sure that the yashadama is used for a dark brown coloration. Perhaps if the infusion is extremely concentrated the color may have a chance at being deeper on the wood. You might try boiling the liquid to evaporate more water. You might also use brief immersion times followed by drying periods that might open the pores again to accept more stain. Soaking any piece of wood for eight hours scares me.
Did you make a te