Thread: Evolution 2

Just saw Copeau's dragon. May try ukibori on mine tomorrow. See if it works with white beech. I have my doubts.


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And here is evolution 1 from a few years ago. Will do one more on the theme.


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I like both, plenty to look at.

For Ukibori, the link that copeau offered (in his Dragon thread) is enough encouragement for me to do some experiments in birch.

I like this very much, most especially admire the feeling of it being a whole story & not a single theme.
I'm just wondering , are there some aboriginal influences coming through in the design?

On the ukibori technique - I remember a British netsuke caver saying that the most critical thing was to compress the fibres as far as you dare but NOT breaking them was the trick. He used hemi-spherical punches of different sizes or a toad he had carved.

I heard something interesting the other day to do with Australians being able to create their own myths more readily due to isolation. I often feel a great debt to Aboriginals because their myths are written into the country and we can't help but be influenced by them if we are receptive enough; consciously or subconsciously.


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Thumbs up with Ukibori on white beech. I air dried this with my 320 km hr bunnings leaf blower to get excess mousture off quickly. .


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Your evolution carving has evolved into a wonderful thought provoking sculpture Great work.
I'm going to experiment with Ukibori as well on different woods.

Gorgeous work!!!

Your Evolution #3 puts me in mind of the work in a beautiful park we visited in Oslo, Norway.

Well... boxwood, ok, birch, ok, beech ok... cool !
Like the different textures with ukibori, different kind of tool marks...