Carving Japanese Netsuke for Beginners

by Robert Jubb

Create your Japanese work of art with this new, comprehensive title on the intricate skill of Japanese netsuke carvings. Traditionally created for practical reasons, these fantastic miniature carvings are now highly collectible works of art. Carving Japanese Netsuke for Beginners is packed with information on the history, techniques, tools, and skills needed to master the art. Written in an approachable, personal style with 6 step-by-step projects to follow and 23 additional ideas, Carving Japanese Netsuke for Beginners includes everything you need to know to get started on the way to creating your own superb miniature carvings, each reflecting Japanese tradition.

Genres: Woodwork, Crafts, Nonfiction

176 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2011

Reviews

[Michael Anderson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very nice introduction to netsuke carving, with decent descriptions of the tools and techniques needed. An ample number of detailed carving examples are given, at various levels of difficulty. In addition, the color netsuke photos are beautiful. The next best thing to holding these tiny wood and ivory jewels in your hands. Yeah, right. The book is worth looking into.

[Alan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this book to help with an assignment I'd worked on. I wanted to get an idea of how netsukes were made and the thoughts and processes behind them. Things such as what medium to use suitable to the design etc...

The intended purpose of the book is to teach carving. Unfortunately, I've not attempted my own netsuke but I would suggest the book is easy to follow, although it would harder for me to comment further. For what I needed, however, the book was certainly useful and recommended for observational studies.

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

i was lulled into a false sense of talent reading this lovely little how to guide, i saw the step by step photos and thought well of course i could do that, luckily for my nubbins i awoke from this fevered dream long before i lost any blood, skin or bone in the attempted creation of these beauties

[Smellsofbikes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Clear, concise, very well-illustrated guide to tools, materials, and techniques for carving in wood, ivory, tagua, and to a lesser extent, horn and stone.