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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Hope you enjoy these, any comments are welkom.

Ko

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

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

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.

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

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

Janel

Thanks for sharing Ko. Lovely carving and color.

Jim