we went to a temple to park, and I heard chasing. It was these children, and it turned out to be their chasing class

we went to the teacher, who sat in a room inspecting work. Children spend two hours a week on chasing as part of their art classes in this northern school

lettering panels on pitch boards

a girl chasing

here is how she held the tool

the small ball peen is pretty universally the chasing hammer

the students take the finished chasing and heat it, coating it with black shoe polish, baking it on. Then they use coarse steel wool to remove the polish, leaving it in the recesses. This is extremely durable.

the chasing teacher took us to meet his master, a few blocks away from the school

this is a large pitch box, about three feet long

a partly finished work

another pitch box, set into the sun to soften, three feet long

the constituents of pitch

a sample showing drawing, layout and partly chased

detal of the chased section

pine resin, two kinds, from the tree top (pure) and the bottom (less pure), fine earth, and pork fat

the earths used.

a four foot wall piece sample

detail

a large wall piece partly done

the master holding a piece he did at around thirty, he is fifty two now, with Hanuman

The large chasing, lots of three d and beautifully done

a detail of the work

detail

detail