This video shows kintsugi gold Step #3. It is the second application of jozuri. This is the final step of pre-polishing for graded metal. It is possible and sometimes necessary to do another application of jozuri, it depends on how well your previous applications covered the metal.
Kintsugi workshop video, step #2, application of jozuri 1st. time
Antique lacquer repair, Kamakura bori, carved lacquer
This is something I am doing as a learning project with a teacher who studied makie.
The carved lacquer has come off this very old whisk. The whisk itself dates to at least the Edo period but since it is damaged no one wanted it at the antiques auction I picked it up at.
The first step was to remove all the loose lacquer and then to apply a middle black in order to stabilize the remaining lacquer.
Kintsugi workshop video, step #5, polishing of #3 gold to #2000
Kintsugi workshop video, application of #3 gold, step 1B
Kintsugi workshop video, application of #3 gold, step 1A
Kintsugi workshop video, application of gold, step #1
Here is the first of a series of videos from the Fall, 2015, 10 day workshop in Nara. This one shows the application of the base lacquer for metal.
There is no audio but some points to look for are how carefully the lacquer has to be applied, the cleanliness of the workspace, and although it isn’t obvious from the video, the thinness of the application of lacquer.
