Mounting on Charcoal--neos and sedireas

[Hakumin]

I recently came across these again. They're interesting because I don't think i've ever really seen these elsewhere.

In korea, mounting neofinetias and sedireas is commonly done on various interesting materials. While stone and wood mounts are popular and commonly seen, something i've personally almost never seen outside of korea is the charcoal mount. These are large dense pieces of hardwood charcoal that are often sculpted to look like mountainous landscapes.

While i'm not sure what kind of wood is used to make them, it might be interesting to try experimenting with this type of mount...I think i might have seen charcoal like this at the H-mart (korean grocery) before...

what do you think?









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