Netsuke, ojime, and other works made in the Japanese tradition are small. Please take note of dimensions.
Eel Dance (netsuke), Asian buffalo horn and amber, 6.7 cm high
Safe House (netsuke), boxwood, amber, and buffalo horn, 4.5 cm high
From a Mighty Acorn a Little Nuthatch Grows, apple wood and claro walnut, 8-3/4 inches high
Cactus Flower, cherry, basswood, buffalo horn, gouache, 21-1/2 inches high
Here Comes the Sun (netsuke), ebony, mammoth ivory, buffalo horn, gold leaf, paints, 5.7 cm high
Listening to Lunch (sashi netsuke), olive wood, sheep horn, buffalo horn, 14.6 cm high
Sunflower (pendant), bubinga, boxwood, sterling silver, 6.6 cm in diameter
Brown Trout, cherry and ebony, 24 inches long
Cooper’s Hawk, cast bronze, 23 inches high
Northern Vole Control, applewood, ambrosia maple, plexiglass, 15-3/4 inches high
30,000-Year-Old Lounger (netsuke), mammoth ivory and amber, 8.4 cm long
The Uninvited Guest (netsuke), boxwood, buffalo horn, Dall sheet horn, lignum vitae, 2.8 cm high
Saw-whet Owl, cast bronze, 6-1/2 inches high
Heads Up #3 or Leada and the Swan, cherry, oak, yellow heart, and pink ivorywood, 41-3/4 inches high
Iris (pendant), ebony, mammoth ivory, boxwood, and sterling silver, 9 cm high
To the Victor Go the Spoils (netsuke), boxwood, buffalo horn, and dyes, 5.9 cm long
Curious, cast bronze, oak, 7-3/4 inches high
King of the Hill, African blackwood, masur birch, 8-3/4 inches high
Barn Owl, cast bronze with wood base, 17-1/4 inches high
Pentagon Defense (netsuke), boxwood and buffalo horn, 4.2 cm wide
Bubo Virginianus, cast bronze, 20-1/2 inches high
Ancient Raptor, travertine marble, 20-1/2 inches long
Merlin’s Folly (netsuke), boxwood and buffalo horn, 8 cm high
Elements (earth, air, fire, water) (pendants), purple heart, aluminum, pad auk, black walnut, curly maple, bubinga, copper, masur birch, boxwood, acrylic paint, sterling silver, gold leaf, 4.5 to 6.6 cm high
Heads Up #2 or A Wonderful Bird Is the Pelican (Its Beak Holds More Oil Than Its Belly Can), cherry wood, oak, brass, paint, gold leaf, 35 inches high
A Wonderful Bird Is the Pelican, basswood, oak, acrylic, gouache, 31.5 inches high
Happy New Year (netsuke), boxwood and amber, 5 cm high
Pot Belly (netsuke), boxwood and buffalo horn, 6.5 cm long
Waiting, cast bronze, 15-1/8 inches high
Like the First Bird, basswood, cherry wood, bubinga, Spanish cedar, curly maple, padua, purple heart, birch plywood, acrylic, gouache, 26 inches high
Night Visit (manju netsuke), pink ivorywood, stag antler, buffalo horn, 4.8 cm diameter
Watch Out (netsuke), boxwood and buffalo horn, 7.2 cm long
Now You See Me …, basswood, buffalo horn, bird’s eye maple, acrylic, 28 inches long
Screech Owl, cast bronze and wood base, 9 inches high
Pear Pair, cherry wood, applewood, brass, acrylic, 10-3/4 inches high
Hunter’s Moon (manju netsuke), boxwood and buffalo horn, 6.0 cm in diameter
Wild Cat (netsuke), boxwood, amber, and dyes, 4.9 cm high
Spotted Owl, cast bronze and wood base, 10-7/8 inches high
This Little Piggy, Indiana limestone, stainless steel, field stone, 29-1/2 and 16 inches high
Nick Lamb is also represented by the Stewart-Kummer Gallery in Gualala, California, and the Winfield Gallery in Carmel, California.
A day’s worth of netsuke-carving sawdust.