Anthony Towne

Selected Netsuke and Pendants


Awakend Insight Netsuke	Butterfly Dreamer Pendant	Goddess Realized Pendant

Meditation Pendant	The Sacred and the Wild Netsuke	Tiger Netsuke

	Tribal Conflict Netsuke

The pendants are intuitive carvings that rose from my communing with the material and the sacred silence. They are prayers, invocations for connecting with love, wisdom, compassion, strength, courage, beauty and balance.

The fossil walrus ivory comes from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. It is very old, perhaps as old as mankind's artistic impulse itself. The color is from minerals that have leached into it over time. I have great reverence for the material. It is very hard, feels wonderful, and can hold fine details. Traditionally, the Eskimos used it for tools, toys, and sacred art. It is a legal material.

Recent Shows:

Heart to Hand, White Lotus Gallery: January 29th - March 16th 1999

Recent Articles:

Heart to Hand by Lois Wadsworth Eugene Weekly Feb 11^th 1999, Volume XVIII, No 6.