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August 20, 2007
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My dear friend Christopher sent me the lonely bottom half of a Chikuho 1.5. It was looking for a top. Well, I try my best to make everyone happy so I found a Chinese Madake section of bamboo that worked well according to the node placement. It's slightly thinner in circumference but heck, how often does one find a perfect other half?
Japanese Madake bamboo.
Chinese Madake.
I did the Ji application and fine tuning first. Then added the Kinko Horn inlay because Christopher is studying with Ronnie Seldin. There's been three thin washes of Japanese urushi so far. The tone changes with each one so I have to pay attention, I can hear the difference .10mm makes.
I should be finished soon. Just need to tweak the Ou San to Hi Go transition so it glides and articulates. And then match the nakatsuki in circumference. Chris is a furniture maker so he said anything out of the ordinary would be great.
This pair will soon make beautiful music together. One from Japan, the other from China. If we can look beyond differences (borders), we can see how beautiful anyone can be.
Namaste, Perry
Posted by Perry Yung at August 20, 2007 11:33 PM