This video shows the application of middle black, necessary to get a smooth finish to apply metal to.
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Kintsugi metal finishing
I am making these for my upcoming workshop in San Fransisco. The second workshop on November 1st. has a focus on the final steps of kintsugi, finishing of the metal. These squares will have #3 and #5 silver on them and we will do the final finishing. Trying to do the final finishing on actual ceramics only works well if you have a piece that actually has a repair, it doesn’t work that well on glaze.
Video, step 5, cleaning up after fitting, kintsugi, how to
This video shows rough cleaning of medium from between the seams. There is mostly flour/lacquer medium but each piece has an area that is rice/lacquer and those seams are much harder and require a different instrument to clean them.













