Methods and techniques of kintsugi
This video shows removing and shaping sabi. The sabi I applied a couple of days ago I made with lacquer for glass since I have a tube I want to use up. The sabi is still too soft, it is still cold here in Japan and it isn’t curing fast.
For more on traditional, lacquer based kintsugi see kintugi.com or https://www.kintugi.com/?page_id=80
This video isn’t about kintsugi but kasugai, staple repair. 鎹 修理,
I made staples from 3 types of metal.
The first is from the copper looking staples that hold cardboard box together. It looks like copper but is just a regular metal with copper color. It is too thick to make a good, flush fitting staple.
The second staple is made from pure copper from electrical line. I flattened it on an anvil. It is easy to bend and file to a point on the bent part which fits in the hole.
The third type of staple is made from a 1.5 mm diameter steel rod, regular steel, not stainless. It was the easiest to bend precisely to size and file points on.
The last photo is of one of the damaged staples which I took out to replace. It is flat, less than .5 mm thick.
The bowl
For more on this process and other steps for traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, see
This video isn’t about kintsugi but kasugai, staple repair.
I bought an antique, large, Chinese bowl that already had 15 staples in it but 3 were missing. I am going to replace the staples and since the holes are already there for them I just need to make 3. This video shows making one, I have already made the other 2. I use a round file in the video since my flat file isn’t very sharp. I am making the staples about 1/10th. mm smaller than the width of the holes to account for heating and contraction.
For more on this process and other steps for traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, see
Traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, step 5, polishing #3 gold with #3000 stone. I will do subsequent steps in following videos.
For more on this process and other steps for traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, see
Traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, step 3b, the second application of jozuri and taking it off with tissue.
For more on this process and other steps for traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, see
This video shows step 3a, very light sanding of the jozuri. I am using a #3000 soft whet stone soaked in water and tissue to dry it after.
For more on this process and other steps for traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, see
This video shows step 2 applying jozuri to #3 gold. I thought I had started the video for this demonstration and realized toward the end I hadn’t started it. It shows the last 2-3 minutes of taking the lacquer off but not the application.
For more on this process and other steps for traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, see
This video shows applying #3 gold. For more on this process and other steps for traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, see