[Ko Baas]

Hello all. I would like to show you some boxwood netsuke I made recently.

First an Oni mask with small boar tusks used for the horns. Used photo's of old Japanese netsuke as an example for the Oni face.




Then a boar with tusks of antler and the eyes of two different colors horn. Again using old netsuke photo's as examples. A lot from the Japanese carvers and a little bit from me.





Next is a design of my own. A very simple peony netsuke I needed for an antique carved red lacker Inro.




And last a cicade copied from the Japanese carver Harumitsu. Only I did the inside of the wings with more detail.




Hope you enjoy these, any comments are welkom.

Ko

[sergio]

Hi Ko, like every time, very nice work. I like your colours, this old "patine".

[lauri]

Ko Baas, on Jan 31 2010, 03:31 PM, said:

Hello all. I would like to show you some boxwood netsuke I made recently.

First an Oni mask with small boar tusks used for the horns. Used photo's of old Japanese netsuke as an example for the Oni face.

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Then a boar with tusks of antler and the eyes of two different colors horn. Again using old netsuke photo's as examples. A lot from the Japanese carvers and a little bit from me.

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Next is a design of my own. A very simple peony netsuke I needed for an antique carved red lacker Inro.

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And last a cicade copied from the Japanese carver Harumitsu. Only I did the inside of the wings with more detail.

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2010jan23_4033.jpg 2010jan23_4034.jpg

Hope you enjoy these, any comments are welkom.

Ko

Hi Ko, nice works! I like specially the cicada, it's very finely made. More of your works, please!

[Don Barnhill]

As usual, nice work. Thanks for sharing the photo's. I haven't carved anything for a while, but I'm getting the urge again. Might try a netsuke as I haven't done one yet. Gotta give it some thought, what to carve, what to carve.

[Natasha]

Hi, Ko!
Your cicada is very perfect done! The other netsuke are very interesting and the colors is ideal! My congratulations!

[Janel]

Thank you Ko for showing us your newest pieces. They are a pleasure to view.

Janel

[Jim Kelso]

Thanks for sharing Ko. Lovely carving and color.

Jim