How to carve patterns Part4 ~Seigaiha and Shippo-Tsunagi ~

2017年9月9日how to carve

I explain how to carve "Seigiha" and "Shippo-Tsunagi".

Up until now, I have often used a triangular chisel, a flat chisel, and a sharp chisel, but this time, a shallow round chisel be useful.

 

Preparation

Use carbon paper to trace Seigaiha and Shippo-Tsunagi onto a postcard-sized wooden board. The sketch can be downloaded from here (PDF of Seimiha and Shippo Tsunagi) , so please use it.

1. How to carve Seigaiha

First, use a triangular chisel to carve the area above the black line in the sketch.

Next, use a sharp chisel to make cuts as shown in the image below. Make it deeper towards the ends.

Carve the slope with a flat chisel so that it intersects with the cut point.

Next, use a flat chisel to create height differences as shown in the image below.

 

The lines of each wave have become thinner, so use a triangular chisel to re-carve the lines.

Carve the waves using shallow circles as shown in the image below.

After carving, make sure it doesn't become uneven.

Use a flat chisel, a sharp chisel, an shallow round chisel, and a triangular chisel to finish the work neatly so that there are no hangnails or uncut edges.

2． How to carve Shippo-Tsunagi

First, use a triangular chisel to carve lines connecting the intersections of adjacent circles.

Carve a vertically long semicircle-like shape with a shallow round chisel in half, starting from the line-carved area. At this time, by changing the horizontal angle of a shallow round chisel, thin lines and thick lines are carved.

 

Just like the Seigaiha, after carving, make sure that the surface is not uneven and has a nice curved surface.

How to carve patterns

1. From the lattice to the scales
2. Raimon
3. Asanoha and Sayagata
4. Seigaiha and Sippo-Tsunagi   ←Current page displayed
5. Higaki and Kumikikko
6. Mimasu-Tsunagi and Mimasu-Chirashi
7. Ryusui
8. Bundo-Tsunagi and Tatewaku
9. Yamajimon and Misujidate
10. Kemanmon and Gobosei
11. Chidori and Chidori-Goshi
12. Nejiume (Twisted plum) 
13. Kikubishi and Yaegiku
14. Ichimatsu and Sankuzushi
15. Kikko and Yagasuri
16. Clouds
17. Waves

• [Supplementary lecture] Controlling lines with a single sharp chisel