Daiza carving
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penumbra
Imperial Masterpiece
I am really impressed Dave. How do you figure the selling price for an item like that?
Pitoon
Imperial Masterpiece
Very nice daiza/stand! What type of wood?
The red pot I made fits the circle perfectly.
HamburgerTrain
Shohin
Ooh a @Sansokuu pot!
I always wondered how they got the bottom of the stones perfectly flat, doy, lol.
So cool!
ABCarve
Masterpiece
I don’t!!! Thinking about it will make you cynical and less engaged in doing the work. You have to do it for the jazz. The joy of doing. I’m so glad there is an audience here that can appreciate what it is.
The person that owns the stone didn’t even want a daiza but I had a vision for this and couldn’t help myself. He’ll own me a lot of lunches.
ABCarve
Masterpiece
Wish I had something to put into both of them!! Maybe find something this spring.
Pitoon
Imperial Masterpiece
Kusamono.....I'm sure you can find something on your property.
Pitoon
Imperial Masterpiece
I think adding some splashing waves under the stone would have been sweet.
ABCarve
Masterpiece
I actually thought about that but not splashing, more towards concentric wavelets. It’s dark under there and the typical higher viewing angle did not make it worth doing. The surface does undulate but it really isn’t noticeable.
After my post yesterday I thought of my miniature suiseki………so how about a daiza displaying another? Looks like it was made for it.
Wood is sapele for big one and cocobolo for small one. Oil and wax.
ShimpakuBonsai
Chumono
Very nice work, keep posting this stuff!!
I'm starting to get more and more interested in suiseki and daiza because of posts like this.
I'm starting to get more and more interested in suiseki and daiza because of posts like this.
penumbra
Imperial Masterpiece
I get it my friend and I feel the same. Reason I asked is that I have a stone that needs a stand.I don’t!!! Thinking about it will make you cynical and less engaged in doing the work. You have to do it for the jazz. The joy of doing. I’m so glad there is an audience here that can appreciate what it is.
The person that owns the stone didn’t even want a daiza but I had a vision for this and couldn’t help myself. He’ll own me a lot of lunches.
ABCarve
Masterpiece
It may be a while. I’m done for this year.
You’re a capable guy. Just remember, “experience starts when you begin”!
HamburgerTrain
Shohin
As we all should. There are many display elements necessary beyond having good trees. Stands, stands to go on the stands, scrolls, accent plants, figurines, etc. So far I only have a bunch of trees that are becoming bonsai. The other elements are important and something we need to consider while making our trees.
ABCarve
Masterpiece
This is another stone that is owned by a pal in our study group. This is a fairly rare chrysanthemum stone (not the best example) the owner acquired it a few years ago but didn't like the daiza that came with it. The mountain that this type stone came from has been mined out, so there are no more. The really nice ones are very expensive and not readily available. He wants to display it at the Nationals this year and asked me to make a new daiza.
This first photo is the original daiza. It's poorly fit and doesn't bury down to the true equator of the stone. This would require a thicker piece of wood and might not work visually to have a higher daiza. I don't believe the black enhances the stone.
My solution was to use a secondary band have way down the daiza and then undercut it to distract your eye to make it look thinner. The width gave me an opportunity to decortate with a chrysanthemum motif to enhance a stone which is lacking a lot of the chrysanthemum features.
This first photo is the original daiza. It's poorly fit and doesn't bury down to the true equator of the stone. This would require a thicker piece of wood and might not work visually to have a higher daiza. I don't believe the black enhances the stone.
My solution was to use a secondary band have way down the daiza and then undercut it to distract your eye to make it look thinner. The width gave me an opportunity to decortate with a chrysanthemum motif to enhance a stone which is lacking a lot of the chrysanthemum features.
Beautiful work.
Pitoon
Imperial Masterpiece
Excellent work on that daiza! Does this stone belong to Les?
ABCarve
Masterpiece
Harry
ABCarve
Masterpiece
Undulating equator with art nouveau feet.
namnhi
Masterpiece
So you are not just good at making pots. 
ABCarve
Masterpiece
This my "get-away from making pots" winter interlude. Once again a stone of a friend. This one is from China. The black plexiglass in the foreground was inspired by a bridge stone I saw a the National last year. It was displayed on a sheet of black plexiglass which made a stunning reflection of the stone from underneath. The method of display made the stone even more dramatic.
This stone had a natural wrap-around space that I thought would be an interesting to try this technique. The owner thinks it resembles a "drinking dragon". The wood is cocobolo, which can be be difficult to carve but it holds detail extremely well. I used a style often used in daiza for displaying furuya stones.
This stone had a natural wrap-around space that I thought would be an interesting to try this technique. The owner thinks it resembles a "drinking dragon". The wood is cocobolo, which can be be difficult to carve but it holds detail extremely well. I used a style often used in daiza for displaying furuya stones.
