Description

This is a set of materials to do kintsugi at a more professional level than the beginner set, this set contains 4 tubes of real lacquer and gold. The photos in the listing sometimes include  items not in the set, see contents below for contents.
Shipping is included in the price. For an extra 2,000 yen I can add brasss but with the brass I can only send this seamail.

This set includes a new, revised edition for this manual.
It is a 169 pages with about 145 photos. Pdf file. Some of the sections include French translations.

It has the following sections.

* Real, natural lacquer manual in English.
* Synthetic lacquer manual in English,
* Cashew lacquer manual in English,
* Quick guide to kintsugi which shows all the steps in detail in English.
* Quick guide to metal including both rounded and keshifun showing all the steps in detail in English.

* French language versions of
* Quick guide to kintsugi.
* Quick guide to metal including both rounded and keshifun.

* FAQ in English and French.
* Japanese-English-French glossary
* Troubleshooting in English.
* Materials used in kintsugi in English.

Since this is an electronic download there aren’t any refunds on this purchase. If I forget to send them to you send me an email through Etsy and I will send them. I send them to the email connected to your Paypal address. You also may need to check your spam folder in case the email ends up there. Etsy doesn’t allow a digital and physical listing where the digital pdf will automatically download. If I forget to send them to you send me an email through Etsy and I will send them. I send them to the email connected to your Paypal address. You also may need to check your spam folder in case the email ends up there. Etsy doesn’t allow a digital and physical listing where the digital pdf will automatically download. If I forget to send them to you send me an email through Etsy and I will send them. I send them to the email connected to your Paypal address. You also may need to check your spam folder in case the email ends up there.

Contents of the materials.

*100 gram tube of clear honurushi

*30 gram tube of reddish honurushi. It is a high quality lacquer, it is not lower quality neri bengara red lacquer.

*50 gram tube of black honurushi. This is a high quality, top layer black, not a lower quality, middle layer.

*30 gram tube of the hightest quality, Japanese made, finishing honurushi.

*1 gram of pure gold powder. This is specially ground for kintsugi. This is pure gold, not mixed.

*50 grams of tonoko mixing medium.

*50 grams of jinoko mixing medium.

*10 grams of polishing powder Roironoko

* 20 grams of polishing powder Ishiko

*40 grams of oak charcoal, this is not pictured in the photos. This  is similar to binchotan.

* Holder for metal powder.

*THIS ITEM IS NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE SET ALTHOUGH IT IS IN THE PHOTOS. I CAN’T SEND IT THROUGH AIRMAIL. 40 ml. of oil to mix with the polishing powder

* #1500 or #1000 polishing stone for finishing work. These are hand cut so they may be irregular in shape.

* #2000 polishing stone for finishing work. These are hand cut so they may be irregular in shape.

* #3000 polishing stone for finishing work. These are hand cut so they may be irregular in shape.

*Handmade brush for applying the brass material.

*Mixing palette knife.

*Handmade, very long bristled, professional brush. This brush will make the finest lines.

*Handmade, medium, weasel hair, brush. This is for wider lines and filling larger areas.

*Mawata. This is a specialized material, regular cotton won’t work.

*Water dropper.

*Rubber gloves. These are not in the set at this time.