DOI Heft:
No. 26 (May, 1895)
DOI Artikel:A Japanese course of instruction in woodcarving, [1]
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17294#0092
Japanese Wood- Carving
fig. 4.-the finishing whetstone one-half actual length
Or
eneral value, that there is little doubt but that it blade. The second set (fig. 2) is curved in the
might be studied to advantage by all who are de- blade for carving rounded hollows; and the third
sirous of learning this delightful craft, as well as by set (fig. 3) has flat blades slightly rounded at the
those who have already made partial progress in edges, used for cutting away intervening spaces,
mastering its intricacies. It might be described as
the " Ollendorff of Wood-carving." As taught in
Japan, the full course of lessons is supposed to
occupy the student three years to master. The
third year is, however, devoted to a series of ad-
vanced studies consisting of finished works, which
have not the same technical interest to foreigners
as the preliminary lessons.
The course for the first year consists of six sets
of studies, each set comprising six separate studies.
In the present article we shall consider the two
fig. 6.—whetstones for curved blades,
two-thirds actual length
Our illustrations have been carefully drawn to the
fig 5- whetstone for curved blades, ^ q{ ^ ^ j^j ^ ^ reduced for
one-half actual width . ... . . ...
purposes 01 illustration, exactly one-half. I he
first sets of studies, the remaining four sets and the length of the handles is about seven inches,
course for the second year being described and The whetstones employed are as follows :—
illustrated in later articles. The finishing stone. This is fixed in a wooden
We must premise by describing the tools em- stand, as shown in the engraving, which represents
ployed. it exactly one-half the actual size (fig. 4).
There are three sets of knives or chisels, each The rough whetstone. This is fixed in a wooden
set containing seven knives, as shown in the illus- stand in the same manner as the finishing stone,
trations. The first set (fig. 1) is used for carving A cube of hard stone (flinty slate, or Lydian
straight lines. All the knives are precisely the stone), used for smoothing the surface of the
same form, and vary only in the width of the whetstone.
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fig. 4.-the finishing whetstone one-half actual length
Or
eneral value, that there is little doubt but that it blade. The second set (fig. 2) is curved in the
might be studied to advantage by all who are de- blade for carving rounded hollows; and the third
sirous of learning this delightful craft, as well as by set (fig. 3) has flat blades slightly rounded at the
those who have already made partial progress in edges, used for cutting away intervening spaces,
mastering its intricacies. It might be described as
the " Ollendorff of Wood-carving." As taught in
Japan, the full course of lessons is supposed to
occupy the student three years to master. The
third year is, however, devoted to a series of ad-
vanced studies consisting of finished works, which
have not the same technical interest to foreigners
as the preliminary lessons.
The course for the first year consists of six sets
of studies, each set comprising six separate studies.
In the present article we shall consider the two
fig. 6.—whetstones for curved blades,
two-thirds actual length
Our illustrations have been carefully drawn to the
fig 5- whetstone for curved blades, ^ q{ ^ ^ j^j ^ ^ reduced for
one-half actual width . ... . . ...
purposes 01 illustration, exactly one-half. I he
first sets of studies, the remaining four sets and the length of the handles is about seven inches,
course for the second year being described and The whetstones employed are as follows :—
illustrated in later articles. The finishing stone. This is fixed in a wooden
We must premise by describing the tools em- stand, as shown in the engraving, which represents
ployed. it exactly one-half the actual size (fig. 4).
There are three sets of knives or chisels, each The rough whetstone. This is fixed in a wooden
set containing seven knives, as shown in the illus- stand in the same manner as the finishing stone,
trations. The first set (fig. 1) is used for carving A cube of hard stone (flinty slate, or Lydian
straight lines. All the knives are precisely the stone), used for smoothing the surface of the
same form, and vary only in the width of the whetstone.
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