Hand Carved Shubunkin Fan Pull / Sun Catcher
Hand carved and painted Shubunkin, the pink and blue iridescent watercolors pick out the carved body perfectly.
The large blue cat's eye marble spins in the belly yet will never fall out.
Finally oiled with mineral oil to bring life to the wood, the entire thing fits in your hand and will give many years of service and enjoyment and is utterly unique.
Hand carved out of a piece of the several-hundred-year-old wood planks we have taken down from the loft conversion in the ancient house we are renovating in the Portuguese mountains.
Most likely chestnut, the wood has plenty of character of its own with beetle damage and deeply ingrained smoke. I chose this piece to carve into a fan pull / sun catcher because of its deep complex color.
Photographed with, and without, flash.