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carving-12017-01-12T20:50:31+00:00monthlyhttps://studioasagi.com/2016/11/26/bucket-lists-and-japanese-saws/https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0045.jpgimg_0045This blade was made by Mitsukawa in Japan and bar fully hand-forged saws it is one of the best of its kind. Mitsukawa make beautiful handles for their saws but I can work with my simple solution no bother.https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0054.jpgimg_0054https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0049.jpgimg_0049https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0046.jpgimg_0046https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/img_0043.jpgimg_00432017-01-12T20:49:52+00:00monthlyhttps://studioasagi.com/2016/12/06/viking-chest-for-a-child-carving-the-lid-part-1/https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_0330.jpgimg_0330Modelling work begins.https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_0319.jpgimg_0319Most of the raising complete. A few of the tighter bits left and then the real fun will follow: modelling and detail work. Photos of that to follow.https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_0318.jpgimg_0318https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_0252.jpgimg_0252Wasting away the background. You could probably do the bulk of this part with a power router but going entirely by hand builds skill. And character 😂.https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_0248.jpgimg_0248First, the underside gets a lightly scalloped and textured surface with the edges left intact.https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_0245.jpgimg_0245On the top, spray adhesive gets a photocopy of the carving design stuck onto the surface so that I can carve through the paper. You can't see the grain this way but it's quicker than drawing it all again. I just letter in the recipient's name.2017-01-12T20:49:19+00:00monthlyhttps://studioasagi.com/2016/12/14/viking-chest-for-a-child-carving-the-lid-part-2/https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_0635.jpgimg_0635I think that's enough. I am keen to leave some tool marks as I think it fits in with the character of the piece.https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_0581.jpgimg_0581With the details and surfaces done, the background needs final refinement - some more shaping and smoothing with gouges.https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_0580.jpgimg_0580https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_0579.jpgimg_0579https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_0578.jpgimg_0578https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_0577.jpgimg_0577https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_0576.jpgimg_0576More suckers!!!https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_0575.jpgimg_0575Decided to sweeten the curves a little bit and went for a slightly more refined surface.https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_0573.jpgimg_0573The main thing I try and accomplish is something with good balance and proportions that doesn't look mechanical.https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/img_0572.jpgimg_05722017-01-12T20:48:40+00:00monthlyhttps://studioasagi.com/2016/12/30/legacy-skill-creativity/https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/legacy-9.jpglegacy-9https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/legacy-8.jpglegacy-8https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/legacy-7.jpglegacy-7Concept sketches and lettering attempts for what would become a parting present for a friend.https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/legacy-6.jpglegacy-6The resulting carving that grew from the preliminary drawings and from the direction my gouges and hands took those first ideas once put on the wood.https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/legacy-4.jpglegacy-4One of the very first joints I cut, a shouldered mortise and tenon in 3" square stock for the post-and-beam frame of my workshop build. Oh the joy: suddenly, the realisation comes that things are possible! I cut 8 of these joints then, followed by another 28 regular mortise and tenons. And what seemed like miles of tongue and groove...https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/legacy-3.jpglegacy-3https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/legacy-2.jpglegacy-2To prove to the kids that their creation was absolutely fantastic, and better than anything out there mass-produced in a factory for shipment in a massive stack of cargo containers, I took them to the woods and we made a glam photo shoot with it. And to prove my point even further, I put a couple of the photos from the shoot on the home page of the commercial photography business that I ran at the time. That's because creativity matters, and confidence matters, and confidence in your own creativity is golden.https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/legacy-1.jpglegacy-1https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/legacy-5.jpglegacy-5My son putting the tongue part of a tongue-and-groove joint in a board that would become part of my workshop door. He's using a 19th century plane from a matching set that I bought. He was xx years old. I can keep using this plane and pass it to him and the plane will work just as well when he's 80. And if he passes it to his offspring along with the skill needed to use it, they can enjoy a lifetime of use out of it as well. Not bad for a £15 eBay buy.2017-01-12T20:47:59+00:00monthlyhttps://studioasagi.com/2017/01/12/viking-chest-for-a-child-chest-build-and-completion/https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/viking-chest-for-a-child-11.jpgviking-chest-for-a-child-11https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/viking-chest-for-a-child-7.jpgviking-chest-for-a-child-7https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/viking-chest-for-a-child-6.jpgviking-chest-for-a-child-6https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/viking-chest-for-a-child-5.jpgviking-chest-for-a-child-5My version of the Mastermyr chest, reinterpreted as a box for a child.https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/viking-chest-for-a-child-4.jpgviking-chest-for-a-child-4https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/viking-chest-for-a-child-3.jpgviking-chest-for-a-child-3https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/viking-chest-for-a-child-1.jpgviking-chest-for-a-child-1https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_2279.jpgimg_2279A drawing of the original box. A bit worse for wear and tear but who can complain, after 1,000 years? https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_2173.jpgimg_2173Applying finish always does wonders to the wood grain.https://studioasagi.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/img_2170.jpgimg_2170Unlike Western chisels, driven by mallets, a Japanese chisel is traditionally driven by a genno - a hammer.2017-05-10T05:13:16+00:00monthlyhttps://studioasagi.com/2016/05/10/first-blog-post/2016-06-05T10:10:53+00:00monthlyhttps://studioasagi.comdaily1.02025-05-18T01:52:10+00:00