sergio Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 Hi all, i want to show you the photos of my first netsuke. The wood is "pink ivory". The dimensions: 4 cm x 2,2 cm x 3,5 cm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastián Urresti Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 Congratulations Sergio, beautiful work. Could we call it "The Western Shishi"? Hughs, Sebas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsterling Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 Excellent, Sergio! Looks like very clean carved details, and a nice finish. What's you next netsuke going to be? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jct Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 yes!...good job. and "the Western Shishi" is a good name, very good Sebastián... a+ jct Serge, as tu gardé une photo du manche en ivoire a tete de lion?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Kelso Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 Wonderful Sergio! Will you comment on how you arrived at the interesting and unusual design? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnus homestead Posted January 27, 2007 Report Share Posted January 27, 2007 Yes! Very nice Sergio - beautiful work. Nice deep color pink ivory wood as well. Magnus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergio Posted January 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 "The Western Shishi" is a good name , i keep it for my animal, thanks Sebastian. For the design, i have no recipe. I take a piece of wood and i carve . For this piece, i just want that the tail join the mane, for the passage to the cord, and if i can, i put a lot of details. I don't make a plan, i have just an idea, and i carve. It's a small piece, if i find it nice when i begin, i continue or else, i stop. For this netsuke, i seen some examples like "kirin" and "foo dog lions", just to take some of the spirit of these works and after i mix with my "style". My new netsuke is a fish, for instant it seems good, i hope thatit last. Quel manche, jct ? Thanks at all for your congratulations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jct Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 this one, a+ jct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergio Posted January 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 Yes JCT . This lion is made in "buis" (wood), it's a knife made by Thierry Desnoix. I don't have any photo of this piece, where do you find it , please ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jct Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 you donot read the articles which speak about you?... excalibur N°28 mars 2003 p 46 ( je le connais par coeur) " buis" it's boxwood a+ jct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastián Urresti Posted January 28, 2007 Report Share Posted January 28, 2007 Dear Friend, I am honored to know that you liked the name that I gave to your piece. Next time I´ll send my account number Hughs, Sebas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sergio Posted January 29, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 I have found the article, now, i remember. Three years, it's long !! I hope you have the same, one day, jct. Please sebast, what is exactly a Western Shishi ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastián Urresti Posted January 29, 2007 Report Share Posted January 29, 2007 Dear Sergio, The Shishi is a mithological animal - Lion, although it could also take two other forms - that repels bad spirits from Shintoist and Buddhist temples that are always in pair, a kind of gate guardian. Sometimes it is holding a sacred Budhhist sphere called Tama. Here´s a drawing made by a friend of mine. I hope that this helps you a little. Hughs, Sebas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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