An e-mail

BTWC recently received an email from Douglas, the creator of the nice insect Netsuke below. Douglas also makes detailed handmade replicas of insects which you can check out here + you can check out his terrible (post)bleeding thumb here.

Grasshopper made out of cherry wood

This netsuke is carved out of a single piece of red
aromatic cedar and sealed with a laquer/urethane finish.