These photos show the large, fishing-net globe after assembly. It isn’t possible to to take a video of the process since my workspace is limited in how far I can move the camera. I will let the piece dry for some weeks before going on. The mugiurushi I made with glass lacquer.
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This video shows applying glass lacquer to the main part of a large, fishing-net globe. The reason for applying lacquer to the break-face is so I can then apply gold. When clear, non opaque glass is reassembled with mugiurushi you can, unlike ceramic, see the break-face. If you don’t apply gold to it you will see a black line.
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This video shows applying gold over glass lacquer to the break-face of a large, fishing-net globe. The edges of the glass are razor sharp which is why I am being so careful with handling it. It isn’t possible to drop gold onto the surface since it is so narrow. 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 applying glass lacquer to the break-face of a large, fishing-net globe. The reason for applying lacquer to the break-face is so I can then apply gold. When clear, non opaque glass is reassembled with mugiurushi you can, unlike ceramic, see the break-face. If you don’t apply gold to it you will see a black line.
For more on traditional, lacquer based kintsugi see kintugi.com or https://www.kintugi.com/?page_id=225
This video shows step #5, polishing #4 silver. I started this yesterday and thought I had taken a video and only hit the camera button so I restarted it today which is why it looks partially done at the beginning. Unfortunately today while taking the video I broke through in 2 places down to red so I may take all the silver off and re-apply it. I am using a #1,000 stone to polish.
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This video shows step #2, applying first hardening lacquer to #4 silver. I applied the silver last Friday and this application is 7 days after that. After applying the hardening lacquer I dab it off with tissue. Each dab shows a lighter colored stain than the time before and dab until there is no stain.
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This video shows applying red for silver. I stopped the video after about 4 minutes because I am using an old brush and I needed to hold the vase closer to me which would have been out of camera range. Also, it is horsefly season here in Japan and you can hear 1 or 2 buzzing around.
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This video shows manipulating sabi. I applied this sabi made with lacquer and tonoko yesterday. Usually I use jinoko to make sabi and wanted to try tonoko. It looks like I got a bad mixture of lacquer to tonoko as it is still very wet.
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