stone from Slovakia

Dear suiseki lovers.Here are a few stones from Mr. Brodnasky Peter.

Congratulations! Mr. Brodnasky's suiseki collection is OUTSTANDING and probably the best European group of stones I have seen outside of Italy.
They are all classic. Warms my heart to see so much quality on the IBC.

Peter Aradi
San Antonio, TX USA
formerly resident of Esztergom, across the river from Bratislava

Please thank Peter for generously sharing images on IBC. THANKS for arranging their posting, Vlado!!!

Thank you Vlado for those pictures of wonderful stones.
I like particularly the third stone. All those stones are of highest quality. Daiza are very simple, in japonese style. I like it ! The "daiza-shoe" is strange....
Just one detail : I prefer the pollish less brilliant. It's just a question of taste !

Thanks a lot

mathias

..I am sure that Peter will have the pleasure of your comments.
Thank you very much.

to: Peter Aradi- are you Hungarian? I live in Komárno - 50 km from Esztergom and Párkány -(Štúrovo)
Area near by Esztergom - Tata is very nice, there are many stones usable for suiseki.

Have a nice day.
Vlado

Vlado:

I was born and raised in Budapest, during the summers I worked at Leanyfalu and used to spend my weekends in Esztergom.
My family and I visited that area and the basilica a few years ago.
Unfortunately I never had the chance to go stone hunting in the area.

Cheers.

Peter Aradi

Hi Vlado...I'm impressive your stones.It's very nice.

Thanks for sharing, Peter. One stone appears a real challenge for carving the daiza. Even apparently easy fits are a challenge. Can you share any lessons learned if you were the carver (or if another carver shared lessons)?

Hi Peter... Thanks for the lesson. The drawing of router bit profiles matched to the photo of the daiza is very instructive.

Can you share when (& how) you use the fine-grained rotary bits? Are they for finishing rather than carving? Do you manipulate them by hand or are they mounted on a stationary router?

I know so little about viewing stones (unlike Craig Coussins). How do you have such excellent bases for each stone...are they all made to measure...and if so how?

Thank you

Mike

Hi Peter... Our forum's French contributor Mathias noted previously, "I prefer the polish less brilliant."

It seems you have many stones with high gloss. Is the gloss from an applied wetting agent (oil, lacquer, wax et al.)?

yosekiYoseki=0

Hi Chris.
Peter does not use oil or wax. Only leather wheel mounted on drill, without wax.
Peter does not speak in english (yet )

Have a nice day.
Vlado

Thanks for the explanation, Vlado. I wondered if he was rubbing stones with an apple?