This video shows applying sabi to a very narrow, masked off scar. The pieces of paper on the bottom and top of the vase are so that the masked area won’t contact any surfaces when I place the piece in the muro.
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This video shows final polishing of black. After this is gold. There is also a nyu, a fine crack, which I applied lacquer to and sanded off.
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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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This video shows applying sabi. I cut the sabi that was in place way back since it was so hard from sitting around so long. Super hard sabi is difficult to shape.
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