Japanese Stonecarver

[abknight@zzzzzz]

Thanks for the account of splitting processes.  I enjoy sharing your
enthusiasm for the work of Maedo Kosei. There is much to consider and much
mystery there.  How did he control the spalls to leave concavities?   George
suggests that he spilt off many of his wedge sites, but he certainly does
leave a first impression of having made those splits with one wedge.  The
photos can be hard to read, especially the black and white ones of what
looks like split and then rejoined pieces.  Very disturbing. Very good.  The
rounded "butt" mounds over the uneven slab.  Whooh!

Without digesting this further, more now from my Japan web tour.  For those
who like their rocks igneous.  Hope you don't mind.  And thanks to Thomas
Lipps for his great tour.

Jiro Sugawara.   More mysterious splittings hard to decipher on-line, but
extremely impressive:

http://www.seiho-sya.co.jp/gallery/backnumber/g_s_sugawara/g_s_sugawara_top.html

http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/amabiki/artists/sugawara.htm#sugawara1

http://www.bg-bab.ac.at/kunst/13.htm

Amabiki.  This seems to be an sculpture colony/sculpture park.  It makes me
think of Clive Murray-White and Cowarr. They have a varied roster of
participating carvers:

http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/amabiki/data/docment.htm

Shingo murai.  One of the Amabiki exhibitors who stood out to me.

http://members.jcom.home.ne.jp/amabiki/artists/murai.htm#murai5

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