Dahlia
The Dahlia is a wonderful and attractive pattern whose seeming simplicity conceals some fairly intricate and complex cutting, dimensioning and fitting.
It is very time-consuming, but it indeed lends itself to a broad range of creative options using different coloured wood.
It is very time-consuming, but it indeed lends itself to a broad range of creative options using different coloured wood.
Rindō
Rindō is the Japanese name for the gentian plant.
• Rindō asa-no-ha — Book 3
The number of pieces fanning out from the vertex is entirely the shokunin's choice based on the desired effect. I used three pieces in the piece shown in the first photo, while one prize-winning entry (from Watanabe Sashimonoten, Akita) in the 2010 National Competition in Akita used eleven (second photo). All pieces in mine extend to the sides of the triangle, but in the Akita piece they are in more of fan shape. So creative flexibility is permissible.
As an interesting aside, the bluish coloured timber in the Akita competition piece in the last photo is jindai sugi (can be literally translated as sugi (cedar) from the age of mythology). This is sugi that was buried by volcanic ash, then possibly soil and water many hundreds or even thousands of years ago, and remained there preserved until excavated. Jindai sugi with a bluish tinge, as in the photo, is apparently the most prized and sought after type, and is therefore, obviously, very expensive. It is often used in quality work such as those on display at Akita, which can cost well over $100,000.
• Rindō tsunagi — Book 3
• Kasane rindō — Book 3
• Rindō asa-no-ha — Book 3
The number of pieces fanning out from the vertex is entirely the shokunin's choice based on the desired effect. I used three pieces in the piece shown in the first photo, while one prize-winning entry (from Watanabe Sashimonoten, Akita) in the 2010 National Competition in Akita used eleven (second photo). All pieces in mine extend to the sides of the triangle, but in the Akita piece they are in more of fan shape. So creative flexibility is permissible.
As an interesting aside, the bluish coloured timber in the Akita competition piece in the last photo is jindai sugi (can be literally translated as sugi (cedar) from the age of mythology). This is sugi that was buried by volcanic ash, then possibly soil and water many hundreds or even thousands of years ago, and remained there preserved until excavated. Jindai sugi with a bluish tinge, as in the photo, is apparently the most prized and sought after type, and is therefore, obviously, very expensive. It is often used in quality work such as those on display at Akita, which can cost well over $100,000.
• Rindō tsunagi — Book 3
• Kasane rindō — Book 3
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