This shows application of middle lacquer, step 6 on this page, https://www.kintugi.com/?page_id=80 I am using basic lacquer. I don’t apply it to the whole line as I am doing touch-up.
Here are some new pieces.
The 2 bowls are from about 1700-1740, Japanese Imari. The metal is silver.
The large, ceremonial sake cups are from Meiji and from a kiln in the Hikone area of Japan.
This video has no audio. It is 3 short videos put together without any editing. The transitions between the videos are at 3 minutes, 12 seconds and then at 7 minutes, 19 seconds.
This is a Ming period large plate. It has a couple of areas I am working on to repair in traditional kintsugi.
One of the areas has had a fitted wood insert put in. Whoever put it in didn’t pay attention to the fluting on the outer edge of the rim. The video shows the first couple of steps of defining the edge, making a form, transition at 3 minutes, 12 seconds, and then cutting the wood insert, transition at 7 minutes, 19 seconds.
This video has no audio. It shows step 8, referred to on this page, https://www.kintugi.com/?page_id=80 sanding of middle black. I applied basic lacquer so I am actually sanding basic but it is in the middle lacquer position, i.e., over sabi, part of the shaping steps.
Here are some videos showing red lacquer and then gold application in traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, along with one showing how to clean the brush.