This video shows the process for making a drying box for lacquer, a muro. It took about 5 minutes to do so even with a break in the video to go get a vacuum cleaner.
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Switzerland kintsugi workshop, July, 2018
Traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, part 2, step 5, initial polishing of silverStep 5, polishing
Traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, step 5, initial polishing of silver
Traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, metal finishing, step 3
Traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, metal finishing, step 2
Traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, step 10B, applying gold second time
Traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, Step 10, applying gold first time outside
This video has no audio. It shows part of step 10 keshifun gold over red lacquer. The whole process took about 1.5 hours. Things to note. The shape slopes out and the surface tends to swallow the gold. For that reason I used the brush dipped into the powder instead of tapping it onto the surface. If I had tapped the material onto the surface I would have used much more than I ended up using. As much as possible keep the angle of the brush acute so as to not get lacquer onto the bristles. For more on traditional, lacquer based kintsugi see kintugi.com
Traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, step 10
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I am applying gold over red. Things to note. I don’t use my wrist to spread the gold, I use a pulling motion with my arm. That is, don’t use your wrist to move the brush, use your whole arm. Also, the technique is to keep your brush at about a 35 degree angle, a little more acute than a 45 degree angle. Then imagine your gold as acting as a mediator between the lacquer and your bristles. Also, I always pull the brush, don’t stab the bristles into the lacquer, it will get lacquer on your bristles and ruin the brush.
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