Here are some photos of a plate I am thinking about doing. It is a large charger, 52 cm diameter, with a 3 piece break which has been partially repaired. The repair is full of glaze spalls and very small fill lines.
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This video shows the midde and last parts of step 5, polishing #4 gold with abura tonoko + ishiko + jozuri on a Karatsu tea bowl. Abura tonoko is made with tonoko mixed with oil, usually I use vegetable oil. Ishiko is a ground stone applied with oil, and a combination of 3 polishing compounds. To see step 5 see https://zac.wnz.mybluehost.me/website_a640e8d6/?page_id=225
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This video shows the first part of step 5, polishing #4 gold on a Karatsu tea bowl.. I applied the first hardening lacquer on Oct. 2, the second on Oct. 3, and the last on Oct. 6th. I waited longer than usual to do this step, usually it can be done a couple of days after the last hardening. In the video I start with a #3000 stone and then drop back to a #2000. It is backward but I wanted to make sure the 3000 stone wouldn’t rip the gold out. To see step 5 see https://zac.wnz.mybluehost.me/website_a640e8d6/?page_id=225
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This video shows masking a Tibetan tsa-tsa figure. The stone is porous with a lot of holes in the surface. The gold will adhere to the stone surface and get into the holes so it is better to mask around the target area.
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This video shows step 6, applying middle black over sabi a Tibetan tsa-tsa figure. This project I have been working on for a while. After I have a layer of lacquer the second half is to gently go over the line to thin the lacquer, dabbing the excess lacquer off the brush on my working surface before continuing thinning.
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This video shows filling with sabi a Tibetan tsa-tsa figure. This project I have been working on for a while.
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These are finished photos after waiting a week for the red lacquer to cure and getting the excess gold off.
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This video shows applying gold to the large, main piece over glass lacquer to the break-face of a large, fishing-net globe. It isn’t possible to drop gold onto the surface since it is so narrow so I am dipping my brush into the gold. I will let the pieces dry for about a week and then do the same to the main, large part of the fishing-net globe.
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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.
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This video shows removing sabi from a piece that has been sitting around for over a year. The sabi is very hard and I am removing most of the parts in order to reapply it.
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