Traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, Momoyama period vase kintsugi, application of gold

This video shows application of  gold over red lacquer.  I waited 30 minutes after application before applying gold. From this will wait about 5-6 days and then take off the over-spray of the gold.

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Traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, Momoyama period vase kintsugi, application of red for under gold

This video shows application of red for gold.  I also thin it a little bit after application.  I will wait 30 minutes after application before applying gold.

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Traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, Momoyama period vase kintsugi, last application of sabi

This video shows adding a thickened lacquer to a couple of small holes. The lacquer is thickened with jinoko without water.  It is like what is sometimes used for making raised areas in makie.  The piece is very close to being finished but there were still a couple of very small holes that needed filling.

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Traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, Momoyama period vase kintsugi, second application of middle black on sabi

This video shows  partial application of the second layer of a middle black over an application of sabi. Between the first and this application I sanded with a #2000 stone.  Before this second application I put the tube of black lacquer in the muro so as to warm it. It is cold in my studio and the first application and the last part of the application on this video the black lacquer got too cold and didn’t easily come off the brush.

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Traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, Momoyama period vase kintsugi, rough sanding of sabi

This video shows  rough sanding of sabi and removing some of the masking tape. I am using a #400 whetstone instead of wet-dry sandpaper. The whole removal will take 30-60 minutes so this is only a small part of that.

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