I'm in the middle of a more ambitious carving & needed a distraction so thought I would carve a small bead.
Little did I know that the whole project was to take some 30-40 hours of the most concentrated type of work! Will I ever learn & the pulls in the tendons in my hands will take double that to heal !
The design is based in the Japanese Netsuke/ojime tradition ,it is roughed from a 18mm / 3/4" round ball from a stick of privet from the garden edge.
I dried the wood for 4 years, Privet as it turns out was a very suitable choice for this tiny detailed carving being very close grained & heavy - it felt very similar to carving boxwood but was just a little softer.
I left the bead attached to its' stick o make it easier to hold & to keep it clean.
There's also a pic of the small pocket knife I used to carve it.
I should also mention that I used a magnifier !
Little did I know that the whole project was to take some 30-40 hours of the most concentrated type of work! Will I ever learn & the pulls in the tendons in my hands will take double that to heal !
The design is based in the Japanese Netsuke/ojime tradition ,it is roughed from a 18mm / 3/4" round ball from a stick of privet from the garden edge.
I dried the wood for 4 years, Privet as it turns out was a very suitable choice for this tiny detailed carving being very close grained & heavy - it felt very similar to carving boxwood but was just a little softer.
I left the bead attached to its' stick o make it easier to hold & to keep it clean.
There's also a pic of the small pocket knife I used to carve it.
I should also mention that I used a magnifier !
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