first try at tsuba box liners..

[rkg]

Hey guys,

 

While waiting for some pieces to arrive to image, I found myself with some spare time, so I took a shot at making up some tsuba box liners. I had earlier acquired some kimono silk off of fleabay

(story about washing the stuff deleted), and since I figured I'd probably mess up I used some of what I thought was the least attractive material for the first two. I also experimented with several

methods of wrapping the base, base material, etc. Under all of these I used a pec-pad as padding separated from the silk by a piece of thin Japanese paper.

 

Here's the results:

 

http://www.rkgphotos.com/recent_stuff/t ... _boxes.jpg

http://www.rkgphotos.com/recent_stuff/t ... nd_try.jpg

 

I also attached the nakago pegs using cord. I used this unwaxed linen cord you use in bookbinding on the first two - big mistake, it wasn't "stiff" enough, so the pegs would move around a

lot - I ended up having to "pin" them from the back with thin bamboo pegs. I put the second two together with a heavy waxed cord used in leatherwork. Tolerable, but they still weren't perfectly

rigid. For the base I tried both basswood and thin plywood - I found the the thin basswood bowed pretty badly when you coated it (I ended up using some archival/everything free

varnish I use for coating my finished canvas prints), so I had to hold it flat until it dried - on the other hand the basswood was easier to cut with the limited tools I had/was willing to drag indoors

from the shop. I also played with using both an acid free pva and quick grip (its acid free) as adhesives - I found that using the acid free pva watered down to adhere the paper to the back of the

base, and quick grip for everything else seemed to be the ticket for me. I also found that folding the material with the corners cut out was the easiest/generated the cleanest looking result.

 

anyway, some random pics of the construction of the first couple of boxes are here if you're interested in more details:

 

http://www.rkgphotos.com/recent_stuff/tsuba_box_stuff/

 

Back to work now..

 

Best,

 

rkg

(Richard George)

[Brian]

Nicely done!

I really like that one material....looks like a cross between nanako and same

 

Brian

[CurtisR]

I really like the Umetada Tsuba Richard! If you ever think of letting it go, pls. let me know :D

 

Curtis

[rkg]

Curtis,

 

you mean the mokume by Myochin Bob, or the other one?

 

 

Best,

 

rkg

(Richard George)

 

I really like the Umetada Tsuba Richard! If you ever think of letting it go, pls. let me know :D

 

Curtis