Saturday 5 September 2015

Moon and clouds continued

I chose the haiku by Basho because I love the idea of clouds not getting in the way of the moon but rather giving respite to those gazing at the moon.

I painted the haiku on using sumi ink and brush. I did a test on the other half of the wood in case the ink bled and made the writing illegible. It stayed as did the stamps so that was a good result.



The weathered piece of wood came from under a tarp at my mom's house. I was looking specifically for weathered wood to carry the theme of wabi-sabi and this was perfect.

I cut a seat for the steel using small wood carving chisels.




Then cut the wood on a bandsaw and finished the base on the belt grinder so it would stand at a slight angle











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