14 Dec 2021

Making a Japanese style shell trumpet (horagai)

by William Rodriguez | posted in: Conch Shell Trumpets, Education, instruments | 0

Making a Japanese style shell trumpet (horagai), from start to finish. This is about 6 hours of work condensed down to around 5 minutes.

This piece was a custom commission piece. The end result is amazing! I love making functional art!!!

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