I have decided to make a new site from which I can sell from. Up until now I have sold through Etsy and found it convenient although expensive in fees. They have just raised their fees to a potential 15% of a sale
which I assume most sellers will deal with by raising prices. Instead I will either set up a store on this site or make a new site. The domain won’t change, it will still be the same URL.
These 2 bowls came to me a couple of months ago and I am getting around to working on them.
Both are very old, from 16th. –17th. century, Korean.
This video shows the last polishing of silver #3 on 2 pieces I am finishing for someone who did the substrate lacquer. There is a breakthrough on the first one and second one, probably caused by the application of the red. Short of completely sanding everything off and reapplying the metal there is no way to fix it.
For more on traditional, lacquer based kintsugi see kintugi.com
We are in the middle of a 13 day traditional, lacquer based kintsugi workshop.
Here is a Han period Chinese koro. Smashed with some missing pieces in the lid. It will be a challenging piece for a number of reasons. It is an earthenware lustre glaze which means it will be very easy to destroy the surface. Also, the missing piece will be a challenge.
I will do the next Kintsugi Facebook live on Monday, August 19th. 3:00 PM Japan time
Paris time = 8:00 AM, Monday, August 19th..
Los Angeles time = 11:00 PM, Sunday, August 18th.
Thank you to everyone who joined the last one. I am able to answer questions through audio if you type them into the chat box.
I will answer questions and work on what ever piece I have on my work table.
This video shows polishing rounded, graded, #3 gold, step 5a, 5b, and 5c. I use ishiko, and 3 polishing compounds. In the video I only polish 1/2 of the foot of this Edo period bowl. Yesterday I did the other 1/2. In the next couple of days I will do the outsides and the inside. It will take about 1-2 hours to polish to the end of the compounds. There are about 5 more steps after this middle polishing.
Step 5 refers to this page, https://www.kintugi.com/?page_id=225 For more on traditional, lacquer based kintsugi see kintugi.com
Here is the bowl I have been posting videos of.
