B.K. Henderson-Winnie Posted October 24, 2017 Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 I know that on some other social media sites, it's "Throwback Thursday", but this week, Tuesday's close enough for me Do you still have your first, or one of the first netsuke or other small carvings you made? I'm curious about what sorts of things we all began with and would love to see. I don't have the -very- first small carving I did, but I do have the second one. (The first one ended up being an offering to the Willamette river, and was pitched from the Hawthorne bridge early in a February long ago...). It was inspired by a print by William Blake from "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell". Tagua nut, carved with an x-acto knife and finished with several grades of sandpaper sometime around 1998, I think. Size-wise it's 3.3cm h x 3.1 cm w x 2.8cm d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Twilbeck Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Fabulous . Great carving. Thanks for sharing. ,,,,, did I say I like it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.K. Henderson-Winnie Posted October 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Thanks, Ed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew V Posted December 30, 2017 Report Share Posted December 30, 2017 I love this thread! I've carved on and off since I was 11 like in 1980 or something, but most of my output has been love spoons. One of my earliest carvings that might qualify as a netsuke would be the owl and the moon I did in 2013. Fallow deer antler with ebony inlay. I think it's about 3cm across. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Twilbeck Posted December 30, 2017 Report Share Posted December 30, 2017 Very nice well done out of Deer antler,,,thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.K. Henderson-Winnie Posted January 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 I like the softness of this piece. Makes me want to touch it and turn it in my hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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