Work In Progress: Deep Water Dance

I have begun a new piece depicting a couple of squid dancing in dark deep water.

Here you can see the rough carving of the silver and copper squid. They are applied to the shibuichi background.

Several hours shows some nice progress.

a few thousand taps with a specially made set of tools will bring the surfaces up nicely. A little engraving adds depth to the watery background.

Difficult to see are the inlayed gold and silver eyes in the swimmers.