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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Traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, step 6, applying sabi, Chinese vase
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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Traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, step 6, applying sabi, black bowl 2
Traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, step 6, polishing and jozuri
Traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, step 6, applying middle lacquer
Traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, step 6, last polishing of silver #3
This video shows the last polishing of silver #3 on 2 pieces I am finishing for someone who did the substrate lacquer. There is a breakthrough on the first one and second one, probably caused by the application of the red. Short of completely sanding everything off and reapplying the metal there is no way to fix it.
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Traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, step 6, middle black
Traditional, lacquer based kintsugi, Step 6, first middle black lacquer
This video shows Step 6, first layer of middle black over a partially shaped and sanded seam. The lacquer doesn’t go on that easily mainly because I am holding the bowl so it is in the camera focal area and the angle of the brush is not great. See https://www.kintugi.com/?page_id=80
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