Posted on February 24, 2013 [Permalink]

Continued from [Arts of Japan #5 - 1] : carving begins!

The shot of the key block before carving was taken late Friday evening, as I was knocking off for the night.

Saturday and Sunday are of course holidays, so ... anything done?

Yes! Holidays for the other staff here means only one thing for me - finally a chance to get to work uninterrupted! Here's the block at the end of Saturday:

And now again, late Sunday afternoon - it's done!

It's so nice to be back at the bench like this!

The thread continues in [Arts of Japan #5 - 3] : block set finished ...

Added by: Jacques on February 25, 2013

Great to see you back in town with this one Dave!

I am not familiar with the image though. Is it about the art of fishing at night?

Added by: Dave on February 25, 2013

Yes, it's a Meiji-era scene of cormorant fishing. Funny though, it's been so long since I selected the image and prepared the tracing, that I can't remember where I found it! And I'm going to need the master copy for reference for the next stages ...

Time for a 'treasure hunt' here in my little library ... :~)

Added by: Daniel on March 1, 2013

I'm really excited about this and the previous post. I had been wondering if all the amazing work going on with the Ukiyo-e Heroes and Chibi Heroes had caused this project to become obsolete or to go into an early retirement. I had almost given up checking this site on a regular basis, but am thrilled to see another traditional print coming. While I am really liking the key block and can only image the beauty that will be the end result, I must admit that parting with the Kanzashi on my mantel will be a sweet sorrow as it has become one of my favorites, but it will will find its way back in due time and be appreciated all the more.

Added by: Dave on March 1, 2013

become obsolete or to go into an early retirement

No way! It has been a big struggle with time management over the past few months, but the Heroes project(s) have now settled down to a fairly stable schedule I think. I have to cut a Chibi every month, and a Heroes every second month. The alternate months will be my own work ... Anyway, that's the plan, and I think it looks doable.

Added by: Margaret Maloney on March 2, 2013

parting with the Kanzashi on my mantel will be a sweet sorrow as it has become one of my favorites

Yes, this has been a positive result of the delay. I have had lots of time to thoroughly enjoy this print!