[Hako]

Hello,

this is a snail of grenadill. The black and white wood is carved in one piece as a snail on a piece of barc. The snails house is of cowhorn, the dewdrops of moonstone. The great carver Kodo used moonstones inlaid in ivory. I really like this stone and will use two cabochons as eyes for a Gollum netsuke.

Ko gave me some interesting woods, there will come some more.[attachment=
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The mushroom is of boxwood with a snail. A little laquer behind the snail to show its "way"
The first is an okimono the second a netsuke

Greetings, Hako

[Bradford B.]

Hako, on Dec 25 2009, 08:57 PM, said:

Hello,

this is a snail of grenadill. The black and white wood is carved in one piece as a snail on a piece of barc. The snails house is of cowhorn, the dewdrops of moonstone. The great carver Kodo used moonstones inlaid in ivory. I really like this stone and will use two cabochons as eyes for a Gollum netsuke.

Ko gave me some interesting woods, there will come some more. schnecken1.jpg schnecken.jpg[attachment=
5927:hako_009.jpg]

The mushroom is of boxwood with a snail. A little laquer behind the snail to show its "way"
The first is an okimono the second a netsuke

Greetings, Hako hako_009.jpg

Hi Ko, my new website is WOODSTONEANDBONE.com, I am carving JADE now and doing netsuke restoration mainly. Your work is looking great. Cheers, Brad Blakely

[Natasha]

Hello Hako!
I especially like "Snail on a mushroom" and the idea to lacquer the snail's trace! All details look very well done! And where is himotoshi?

[Ko Baas]

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Hi Ko, my new website is WOODSTONEANDBONE.com, I am carving JADE now and doing netsuke restoration mainly. Your work is looking great. Cheers, Brad Blakely

Hello Brad, these carvings are not made by me as you might think.
They where made by Hako, a German carver. I only gave him the wood.

I had a look at your website, very nice!

Greetings, Ko Baas