Naomi Oliver Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 Hi , I am new to the world of carving. in 2005 I majored in sculpture stone carving in my diploma of visual arts, then went onto to importing 4 tonnes of carving stone from canada. That gave me a good grounding and alot of material to carve small to medium sized sculptures. Then in 2007 I stared downsizing my carvings , I travelled to the north Island of New Zealand to learn to carve bone Maori pendants, then in 2008 I went to jade territory in the south island, and learnt to carve wearable art , and small carvings no larger than 6 cms, from the medium of hard stones , ie jasper , and Nephrite ( jade). I have the time and now the tools and the stone , ( plus local hardwoods) , antler , and bone , to start carving small sculptures. I first saw netsuke artwork made by Janel jacobson while researching in 2008, and totally was blown away by it. While collecting natural items around me I always pick up the most intricate and detailed items( I used to drive my local bushwalking group guides crazy, while out walking to a timetable I ' d be stopped by a tiny mushroom , or lizard, on the trail I just had to pause and catch all that wonder, that was twenty years ago, Now I just drive my hubby crazy, bringing home natural items such as shell and nuts and local stones... at least I now have my own workspace, where I am allowed to store these precious items carefully), This is starting to influence my art as I love doing texture to my artworks . I do love chatting .We live in the mountainous regions of east Victoria. I have also lived in the desert regions of Northern Western australia, and the coastal regions of tropical North Quennsland, and even Papua New Guinea. I hope to depict the natural fauna and flora of these regions (that I love so much ) in minuture carvings. I have a wide range of colours in my hardstones, so to ask the question of this topic, can netsukes be made predominately from stone, or before I even start, should I stick to bone, antler , and learn to carve wood ?. This is a great carving place forum, i am really impressed with the sharing of informations , and encouragements thanks Naomi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishcarver Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 Hey Naomi, Looking forward to seeing some of your work. Post some pics when you get a chance. I am also a bone carver making mainly hei matau, hei toki and whale tails. I also make a lot of coconut shell pendants. Welcome to TCP. See ya round! Slainte, Damien IRISHCARVER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naomi Oliver Posted December 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 Hi Damien ( irish carver), thanks for the reply, I also use hei matua as a design basis in bone carving pendants. I hope the images go through as youll see my" bird family" hei matua, the top bird is A MOA, the baby bird is a kea and the midium sized bird is a tui . the other pendant is totally my wild design called evil squid( my first attempt at inlaying paua shell( in 2007), without etching and scrapers tools, that netsuke carvers use . the bone leaf I am very happy with, I really loved graving out the leaf veins. It is about 4 cms longx 2 cm wide .It was done in January this year. I am courious to see an image of your coconut shell pendants , what an interesting medium, Damien. The other two images are of 2 different australian wombats I carved in 2005 . Both from stone , on Black pipestone, and the other black chlorite. Both about 8 cms long x 3 cm wide. Now I would try out adding carved eyes, and put more details in the feet. My buying customers loved them, and to be frank I fell in love with them too. I have a bone lizard on a rock on the go , and a stone owl bird on wooden log to finish, both will now try a follow the carving techniques for netsuke as practice . Its all practice for me, being a beginner is such fun, their is so much to learn, everytime I carve I learn more. Any stone carvers out there give me a reply too. have a great day . Naomi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naomi Oliver Posted December 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 hello everyone, try with the photos again shall I. getting to understand how to work these computers, I'd rather carve a cat's toe -nail on my large limestone sculpture I should be doing right now . It is due for the customer on xmas day . In australia it is good to have a summers day on xmas day, although some have been that cold the snow has fallen on the mountains, or been scorchers. I wish you all a merry xmas. Naomi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkvesic Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 "...can netsukes be made predominately from stone, or before I even start, should I stick to bone, antler , and learn to carve wood ?" Welcome Naomi. Traditionally, few netsukes in Japan were made from stone, most being made from wood, ivory, amber and a few other materials. I don't see why contemporary netsuke shouldn't engage a whole range of materials, even, blasphemously, man-made materials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naomi Oliver Posted December 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 hi everyone, thaks ftvesic for your information on netsukes media used, I have a bit of antler that may come in handy, what do the rest of you think.? I like the idea of contemporary netsukes , but I definately am totally open to research all different ways, traditional and new. I must get back to my limestone sculpture cat, I just had to come in and re-evaluate via the web, what a sitting upright cat's back legs are shaped like. bye for now . Naomi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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