Voila, proper submission.

Carved in copper with this kind of tools ([link]), with tampan and rokusho patina (5 immersions), sealed with beeswax. Carved quebracho wood and finished with peroba oil.

No repousse or chasing done, this is metal carving.

For details on how it was done, and why it is sculpture do read the previous deviation.

I assume there's no need to copy and paste the whole lot here.

Here's the link to what was written about this piece: [link]

Something to add though is that I added the inserts to show how the patina looks in different lights, it is fairly deceiving as it can look red brick like or less so and in natural light you can actually notice how the patina was deposited along with the rokusho (undesirable sediment actually), but I didn't want to hide these things. There's much to learn still in the ways of the patina.

Enjoy.

Ahh the calligraphy is by Hatakeyama Goro and it is not a formal piece, it was just him writing a lot and giving it to us who were his students during a kenjutsu seminar.

Regards