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Old 06-05-2012, 11:26 AM
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I have wanted for some years to revisit the netsuke world which I was immersed in some years ago. What is a netsuke? See
http://www.netsuke.org/Default.aspx?pageId=1125375

and http://www.cc.rim.or.jp/~komada/e-netsuke.html

Having also dipped(so-to-speak) back into the Japanese water-casting(yuwake) earlier in the year I wanted to make something from a nice little shibuichi (copper/silver alloy) ingot produced then. This process involves pouring the molten alloy (70% copper, 30% silver and a bit of gold) into a cotton cradle submersed in water. This leaves the alloy quite oxide and gas free.

The obvious convergence of these impulses is a type of netsuke known as a kagamibuta(mirror-lid), which typically have a metal plate set into a bowl made most often of ivory or wood. It has been at least 20 years, I think, since I last made one of these so I was interested to see what I would bring to it with a bit more skill (let’s hope!) and some different aesthetics as well.

Here’s a first look. The photo doesn’t do justice to the nashiji(pear-skin) grain in the shibuichi and I’ll try to get a better photo of that. The smaller photo shows the piece roughly to scale (40mm diameter). The inlays are copper and gold. The wood is Ziricote.
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Old 06-05-2012, 03:06 PM
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Very nice. Subtle and underspoken....very, very nice.
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Old 06-06-2012, 01:44 PM
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What a beauty, it´s amaizing art, thank´s for posting it.
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Hi,

Beautiful work again Jim.

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Old 06-07-2012, 04:56 AM
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Thanks very much Mike, Lucie and SE.

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Thank you for showing, its always such a pleasure to see your work!
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Old 06-17-2012, 08:28 PM
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Hi Jim,
As always, your work is superb. The tranquility expressed by the work is palpable and refreshing.

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Old 06-20-2012, 06:41 AM
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Thanks very much Hanne and Dave!
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That's some lovely fine work and a very subtle technique, Jim I like the look & effect of that special copper alloy, my congratulations, Paulsph
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