This video shows cleaning of a brush with regular cooking vegetable oil which is the traditional way to clean brushes.
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Here are some photos of 2 pieces I am doing. Both are very old. The celedon is from between 960-1127 AD and the Imari is from about 1700 AD. Usually it isn’t possible to see the porcelain body of pieces that age but on both of these it is possible.
I just finished a week of workshops in San Francisco, here are some photos.
Here are some final photos from the Traditional, lacquer based kintsugi workshop, extended 10 day workshop, final photos.
Here are some photos from this 10 day workshop that is extended out to 17 days to allow for drying.
This video shows the second application of jozuri over gold after polishing.
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This video shows the first hardening of the graded metal using a thinned lacquer.
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This video shows the second hardening of the graded metal using a thinned lacquer.
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This video shows the first application of #15, #10, and #3 silver to wood. It is easy to see how much #15 silver you need to cover the surface area compared to #10 and #3.
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This video shows application of the second layer of lacquer, jo zuri, over gold. Step 2 refers to this page, https://zac.wnz.mybluehost.me/website_a640e8d6/?page_id=225
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