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I decided I wanted to contribute something and after thinking for while, I began crafting a figure of a snake with good luck symbols to donate as a prize to win and I wanted to make it with my 3D printer.\nWhen you work in digital models, it is very easy to mix and match and to add to existing models. In a modelling context that is commonly called kit-bashing and that is the path I wanted to take. So I looked for an existing model of a snake to build upon and found one I liked based in a meme on thingiverse. I liked it because it was semi realistic, but also not overly threatening.\nDanger Noodle by Blinkenlights\nAfterwards, I researched for good luck symbols from Japanese mythology that I wanted to add and I landed on three:\nHave the snake hold an arrow in its mouth Have the snake be coiled around golden coins Have it hold a good luck mallet1 in its tail This required some changes to the original model. The mouth had a hole to hold on to a knife in the original piece. I had to rebuild the geometry there from scratch. I also had to change the snake tail to fit with the expected shape and angle of the mallet which obviously differed from the original knife.\nIn terms of cuteness, \u0026ldquo;Danger Noodle\u0026rdquo; was a great start but to make it even cuter, I first cut the head off and slightly rotated it to give it that typical puppy head tilt and then I made the eyes slightly bigger by adding spheres.\n\"Danger Noodle\" and my rebuilt and altered geometry (white)\nAdding a puppydog head tilt and bigger eyes\nAdding a throughhole for the arrow\nThe handle of the mallet I built was flared out with a decorative element. Since the snakes tail \u0026ldquo;hand\u0026rdquo; was modelled as a closed loop it wouldn\u0026rsquo;t be able to have it in place, if it was one piece. I realised that I would have to construct the mallet as multiple pieces that fit together. This way I would be able to slide the thin top end of the handle through the \u0026ldquo;hand\u0026rdquo; before attaching it to he mallet.\nConstructing the Good Luck Mallet\nSubtracting the mallet from the snake Body to make space for it\nThe old Japanese oval coins2 were easy to make. I just had to be mindful of the thickness and the details, to make sure they were not too small to print. Then I played around with them and scattered them in the snake coils. I wanted to print them as a separate piece so I would have an easier time painting them without worry to accidentaly get paint on the snake.\nConstructing a coin\nBunching up the coins and subtracting the snake and the mallet\nThe arrow I wanted to craft from wood instead of 3D printing it. One reason for that is that I wanted to mix media instead of making a purely plastic trinket. But also because a long, thin feature like a miniature arrow shaft is notoriously annoying to 3D print. You would either have to print it in two pieces lengthwise or it would sag and deform. So instead I designed it around a toothpick. But the arrow tip I wanted to be a specific ornate type3. I designed it from scratch and gave it a socket that a toothpick would fit into to make gluing easier.\nConstructing the base of the arrow head\nConstructing the flower shaped cut out\nLooking it over, I had some idea for revisions. Give the snake a platform to sit on and attach a little ema tablet to the arrow. Both were very easy to model.\nVirtual dry fit\nWith that, all parts were ready to print and then assemble. The results were promising so I continued with sanding and painting everything. The snake was made with white plastic because I thought I could skip painting - But the result wasn\u0026rsquo;t convincing, so I ended up painting the white snake with white color and black eyes. The golden parts were painted with a gold rub and buff paint. I stained the toothpick arrow with dark brown ink and then used a fine saw to make shallow cuts to simulate bamboo nodes. Then I used the same saw to cut a nock slit, glued some tiny pieces of real turkey feather to it and added some red thread as winding. I cut the shaft in half so I could shove each half through the snakes mouth for both sides. I grabbed some leftover tenugui fabric to sew a little fabric cushion for the snake to sit on - everthing was coming together.\nI felt like all the snake now needed was a folding screen behind it. So I modelled one. However when it comes to printing things, they ideally need flat surfaces lying flat on the print bed. The zig-zag of the folding screen made that difficult. So I decided I would print it upright, which necessitated a flat base surface to make sure the folding screen wouldn\u0026rsquo;t just fall over.\nFolding screen with base\nAfter printing it, I covered the upper surface of the base with some structured origami paper that looked like snake skales and then I covererd the backdrop in the same gold color I used for the coins and mallet. It looked great, but there was still something missing. I wanted a Sumi-e style painting on the folding screen, but there is no way, my hands are skilled enough to paint in that scale free handed. I designed a graphic for it in photoshop with a nature scene and a torii gate. In the corner I put three kanji that hold a special meaning in the Heki Ryu school: Kan Chu Kyu (貫中久)4. Then I printed it on water transfer sheets for model making. Those can be made soft by submerging it in water and then adding it to the piece and sliding off the backing paper. I did the same to add a tiny inscription on the ema.\nAll pieces laid out\nDone, I thought. But I was worried. The shape as it is invited picking it up by the backdrop - a thin piece of plastic only attached to an even thinner piece of plastic ground plate. So I cut a piece of balsa wood and glued it to the base after making some inscriptions with a wood burning tool. The snake was done and it come out great.\nIf you want to make the snake yourself, the files can be found here: Link\nThe files are not plug and play - You will have to make the same or similar changes to it to make it work for you. If you make a version of it, please let me know. I look forward to seeing what people will come up with.\nUchide no Kozuchi\u0026#160;\u0026#x21a9;\u0026#xfe0e;\nKoban\u0026#160;\u0026#x21a9;\u0026#xfe0e;\nSukashi Yajiri\u0026#160;\u0026#x21a9;\u0026#xfe0e;\nsee H. Hinata, 貫中久のこと（日置流印西派弓術）(2021).\u0026#160;\u0026#x21a9;\u0026#xfe0e;\n","date":"20 December 2024","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/posts/snakestatue/","section":"Posts","summary":"","title":"Year of the Snake Statue","type":"posts"},{"content":" I just wanted to buy archery equipment\u0026hellip; Why I started Kyudo # It is a bit embarassing to admit, but I didn\u0026rsquo;t consciously find Kyudo - Kyudo found me. I just moved to the town of Mainz and I was excited to find a big and old arched cellar under the house.\nAfter looking at it for a while I thought it the perfect spot to get my old bow out and shoot it every now and then. Until then I could never use it because I lived in small apartments there was no safe place to do it outside. There was only one problem: Where to buy a foam target?. I turned to the internet, set the area to Mainz and searched for \u0026ldquo;archery\u0026rdquo;. Not far from my home there was a map pin labelled Kyudo Mainz. \u0026ldquo;Mhmm, what is this? Interesting.\u0026rdquo; It was this question that started my journey.\nI did buy an archery target too, but that is a topic for another day.\nMy basement shooting range\nWhat Kyudo means to me # The only point of reference I had prior to visiting the Club, was reading Herrigel1. Subsequently, my idea of Kyudo revolved around mysticism, spiritualism, Zen Buddhism and possibly New Age Woo Woo. None of those are particularly attractive to me to put it mildly. Safe for one thing: Meditation through intentional action.\nIn my early teenage years I practised modern olympic style archery and I still have fond memories of reaching a \u0026ldquo;flow state\u0026rdquo; in practise. A state of mind that is empty but full - so fully concentrated on a specific set of motions that no errant thought enters the consciousness. I thought, maybe I could rekindle that feeling in a Kyudo setting. I would only have to overlook, or power through, the esotericism.\nThankfully, I was both right and wrong about Kyudo. Wrong, because Herrigel was a hack and the actual teachings of Kyudo have very little to do with his writing. In Kyudo of the Heki Ryu Insai Ha School I found no mysticism, but a robust set of techniques, designed for efficiency. How to deliver the most powerful impact to a target with the greatest accuracy while wasting the least amount of stamina. The teachings were rational and evidence based.\nI was right however, in that I would be able to find a flow state in Kyudo. It is that flow state that is the single most attractive thing about Kyudo to me. Every motion has intention, nothing is superflouus or arbitrary. It is easy to get into the flow of movement. And at the same time, there is a vigilant examiner - impartial, ruthless and just: the bow in your hand. If you make a mistake, the feedback is instant and you have no one to blame but yourself.\nMy first turnament\nAttending a lecture by Fritz Eicher\nLearning Makiwara Sharei with Kurosu Ken Sensei\nMy Kyudo \u0026ldquo;career\u0026rdquo; # I started training in March 2024 and for about three months I practised diligently, going to the Club twice a week and shooting in front of the Makiwara, training with a Gomiyumi at home and keeping a detailled training diary. Then I asked if I was ready to have my first examination. In Germany, there are Kyu Tests for beginners, starting with 5 and then counting down to 1. After that last test you are considered qualified to test for the Shodan.\nAfter passing that test I considered myself no longer a guest at the Club, so I became a full fledged member, buying Hakama and Dogi and continued training. Until today I have reached the 3rd Kyu rank and will take the test for the 2nd early next year.\nI try to learn as much as I can about Kyudo so I read a lot, participate in lectures and workshops, visit clubs all over Germany and talk to different teachers. There is always more to find out.\nThis blog # Early on, there were things I needed or wanted, that were hard for me to buy. Either they were not available outside Japan, or they were prohibitively expensive. So I ended up just crafting many things myself. Now I look back at the pile of homemade items and think: Maybe other people can benefit from my work - either they can follow along, get inspired or just avoid the mistakes I already did. Let\u0026rsquo;s craft Kyudo gear together!\nE. Herrigel, Zen in der Kunst des Bogenschießens (München 1951).\u0026#160;\u0026#x21a9;\u0026#xfe0e;\n","date":"23 April 2024","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/posts/kyudopath/","section":"Posts","summary":"","title":"My Kyudo path","type":"posts"},{"content":"","date":"23 April 2024","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/categories/practise/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Practise","type":"categories"},{"content":"","date":"23 April 2024","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/de/categories/praxis/","section":"Categories","summary":"","title":"Praxis","type":"categories"},{"content":" Professional Life I studied Archaeology and graduated M.A. at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany.\nAfter that worked for many years as a site director, managing archaeological excavations.\nToday I work as a Research Data Manager for the Nationale Forschungsdateninfrastruktur-Consortium NFDI4Objects. Kyudo I began studying Kyudo in March 2024 at Kyudo Mainz with Rolf Lindemaier. The school is Heki Ryu Insai ha.\nI am still a beginner and don't hold a Dan. Crafting I have long enjoyed crafting things. Sometimes I work in traditional materials, sometimes I work in the digital realm. I enjoy the process of design and manufacture where these two spheres meet. So I often use a 3D printer to bring my virtual dreams to physical reality. This blog aims to combine all three: Monozukuri \u0026mdash; My process of designing things (not just) for Kyudo. Welcome to my Notebook! ","date":"12 March 2024","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/bio/","section":"Monozukuri --- Notes from my Kyudo Workshop","summary":"","title":"About me","type":"page"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/authors/","section":"Authors","summary":"","title":"Authors","type":"authors"},{"content":"","externalUrl":null,"permalink":"/series/","section":"Series","summary":"","title":"Series","type":"series"}]