My foreign stones

Chris

When you want to design a daiza for a stone, is it not all the small details of the stone you observe, but the owerall shape of the stone...is it "wild" or quiet, sharp, rounded, or something else.  

Next is it the owerall profile of the stone you observe...incorporate the feel of the shape into the profiledesign you want. A design, that highlight the stone in the best way, without owerwelming it.

Now I come back to the photos you dont think is good enough again...a carwer will look closely to how the stone go into/enter the daiza...the last 5 mm is VERY important when carwing, they are just about  alfa and omega in the design, and my photos show this...with theese Photos can you design a profile, that will fit all of the stone, no matter how you turn it on the table.

Were to place the feet right, in the front of the stone is a minor thing in the first design, it is something I will have to take care of in the carving. Now is more about, how you want the feet to look.

Kind regards Yvonne

So far so good...from this



To this


Still time for design ideas if you want to play along   

Kind regards Yvonne

Too late for designideas...could have been funny to have this talk.

Next time you see the stone, has the daiza been sharpened up, and stained dark Brown...it will take a while before you see it, as I want to give the stone a nice stay in the garden...interesting how handling make the stone darker
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Kind regards Yvonne

Cant resist


The stone is already back in the garden...have a nice day   

Kind regards Yvonne

Hello Yvonne.
Good work, i like it.

Sunip

Hi Sunip

Many thanks   ...will you soon show us some stones, and maybe a daiza again?

Kind regards Yvonne

Very nice Yvonne  
Your friend
Ogie

ogie wrote:Very nice Yvonne  
Your friend
Ogie

   

Small stone collected in Spain.
15 cm long 5.5 high, and 5 cm Deep.
Daiza by me


Kind regards Yvonne

OOPS...the left side of the stone had jumped a little out of the daiza as I was taking the Photo...will be back later with a better Photo.

kind regards Yvonne

Just finished the daiza...Kamogawaishi
standing 23 cm W, 9 H, and 11 cm Deep







Hope you like it   
The stone is still living in the garden every summer in the future, as the one side of the stone become more and more petrol-green, a color that "grow" dawn the sides too...the left side remain Black.

Sorry the photo does not really show the color, must see if I can take a better surfacephoto later

Kind regards Yvonne

The blue/green surface...certainly worth the try to see if it will grow better all the way dawn the sides, now it is exposed to sun and a lot of watering.

Kind regards Yvonne

Was never realy pleased with the daiza for the Kamo on page 8, so.....

Made a new...I like this one much better...Wood, epi

Kind regards Yvonne

A another little Kamo in the daiza...teak.
Standing 16.5 cm W, 6.5 D and 4.5 cm high.
Back in the garden............

The front








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A Kamo from this winter in display





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A little Kamogawa ishi again...this time a toyama ishi (mountain stone) standing 9.5 cm wide 6  Deep, and 5.5 cm tall. The daiza is carved from teak

The front


The backside is also a nice front


one of the sides

Kind regards Yvonne

The little Kamo mountainstone from 2013 has its own teak daiza now...
Standing 7.5 cm W x 5.5 H x 3.5 cm D

The stonequality is hard, has a pearskin-ish surface, most visible on the backside...a little more rubbing on the toparea will show off the hardiness of the stone, and add to the stones karakter

Kind regards Yvonne

The heavy Kamo-rock from 2 14 is in line for a daiza...To days ago in evening was it time to find a nice piese of wood ( teak), and make the first drawings...it would not be a easy job to ballance this stone in a daiza


After one day of work have it come to this point




The stone have a name now   ...."Devils Rock"....a devil have ben sitting on my shoulder all day saying...make it easy for your self, cut it...cut it...cut it... he is still talking  

Lets see what tomorrow will bring.

Kind regards Yvonne

Hi, Yvonne Graubaek
I admire you can do daiza well for your stone by yourself.
I have many suiseki but I don't know to make daiza for them, I have to pay to professional to make it for me. I think you will be able to make fine suiseki with exquisite daiza if you have enough stones in the futur.

Thanks for you share your daiza.

Best regards.

riversoul

Hi Riversoul

Many thanks...I hope to be a good carver one day. Still learning, and sometimes I make a new daiza for a stone I already made a daiza for...I do it if I am not completely happy with the result...maybe I never run out of stones   

Todays work is ower now, and the devil has still ben very much present...hope he will go away tomorrow.  









Kind regards Yvonne

In deeper....


Next step










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Thank and good step showing of daiza.
Yvonne Graubaek, would you kindly tell me what kind of tools you use to make you daiza ?

Best regards.

riversoul

Hi Riversoul

I could wish I had better surroundings for my daizamaking, but you know, money is a issue for most people...I do not complain, but I am standing by a table in a open garage, and is using a dremel with bits, sandingpaper and a regular saw to do the first ouside fitting....for my sawdust protection am I using masks bought in 100 yen shops in Japan.
As you can see, do you not need much to get started   

Kind regards Yvonne

Sanded...and standing wobble and stuck free   








after dye









"Devils Rock", standing 16 cm tall, 15 cm wide and 8 cm Deep


In display


Kind regards Yvonne....now, back in the garden with the stone