As some people will know, I've put this up on Facebook already - but despite Zuckerberg's belief, not everyone actually uses the site...
Back in November I spent a week at Ford Hallam's learning the basics of Japanese carving. All hammer & chisel work (with some input from saws & files), no power tools or similar. I wasn't entirely satisfied with the exercise we worked on there, so I've finally found some time to redo it:
This is a 1.2mm piece of copper that has been textured, the edge raised and then domed; into that is inlaid a 2.1mm thick piece of shibuichi pierced into a ginkgo leaf shape. No solder, this is entirely mechanical.
I still need to finish bringing the copper flush with the inlay, then carve & scrape the metal around the inlay, carve the shibuichi to give it more form, scrape it and polish it with pumice and finally patinate it. I'll add a few more photos along the way.
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