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OLD
MAN WITH BONSAI
Mammoth
Completely out of the blue one day early this year I had a phone call from an Englishman new to the netsuke scene asking me if I took commissions and would I be interested in carving an old man tending a bonsai tree. I accepted immediately, of course, and started on some sketches for him. The old man was to be an Oriental but otherwise the brief was left up to me.
Mammoth
Completely out of the blue one day early this year I had a phone call from an Englishman new to the netsuke scene asking me if I took commissions and would I be interested in carving an old man tending a bonsai tree. I accepted immediately, of course, and started on some sketches for him. The old man was to be an Oriental but otherwise the brief was left up to me.
Working
on the sketches, it struck me as an amusing thought that the old man whilst
pruning his tree might cut part of his beard off by accident. We see him
here, peering short-sightedly, just at the point where he realizes too
late his mistake . Unfortunately the photos do not show the tree up very
well but it is an old Japanese White Pine in a windswept style. I seldom
carve figures but really enjoyed making this one, as I hope is apparent
from the photos.
size 1.8" high (4.5cm)