Posted on March 10, 2012 [Permalink]

Continued from [Arts of Japan #1 - 3] : more keyblock carving | Starting point of the thread was [Arts of Japan #1 - 1] : making the first print ...

Plodding along at the same steady pace ...

The focus today was on the main dancer:

The wood in this area is extremely hard - almost rock-like. If you look closer at the kimono patterns, you can see where I have just 'roughed it out' at this point, and will go back and finish the detail later:

The thread continues in [Arts of Japan #1 - 5] : keyblock finished ...

Added by: James Mundie on March 10, 2012

That is a handsome block, indeed.