Japanese Vase (Lamp) pt2
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2019
- This is part two of the Mimosa style Japanese vase repair. This video covers the cosmetic portion of this "B" quality repair. I thought I'd try this longer format with more talking and no music, as per requests by some of my subscribers. Let me know if you like it, . . . or not. Apologies for the pixelated time-compressed sections. A weird artifact of the rendering process.
Big thanks to Ellen Wight for the camera work and proof-watching. This would be a lot harder without you.
Learn more about my restoration business, including contact information at my web site: www.tesserak.com
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I can see why they wanted to repair them even though it seemed utterly impossible because they really are stunning pieces. So much detail work but that seems to be what you are so very good at. This was an amazing job, and I can’t believe that it came out so great! And this is only a ‘B’ repair? Kudos is all I can say.
Thank you again Laura. I'm glad you enjoyed watching.
His 'B Repair' looks bloody amazing!
You are a wizard. Stunning work.
Absolutely amazing and so satisfying to see it go from rubble to gorgeous again.
Thanks Linda.
Amazing Workmanship.
Just found your channel wow mesmerising. I could watch you work all day oxoxox
Pure Genius
Ok you've got me hooked so I subscribed . I love watching your videos ! The more shattered the better ! But there is a problem I have seen all of them . Please make more . Please don't stop ! You are amazing at what you do !
Thank you! I'm working on more.
Your colour matching is superb. I've been learning from your tutorials and I'm restoring a plaster 1940's figure. It's quite large. I will soon have to paint it and matching the colour is what I'm nervous about! Just going to check, check and recheck before I start. Loving your videos xx
Your B Repair is an A * Repair 👍👍👍
Another incredible restoration! Thank you for sharing it with us.
Thanks, again!
Congratulation Martin, you are a master artist man. Excellent work. I still remember my self back in the 80’s restoring a lot of “Satsuma” objects. Such a tedious work, as you have stated, working hours and hours with several different colours, and the amount of detail would bring tears in my eyes from focusing on painting them. Keep up posting videos, we enjoy every second of them. Cheers from Down under.
Thank you very much, Tas. I'm glad you enjoyed watching.
Pleasure watching your videos, I’ve watched all of them and looking forward for more. Cheers
i love the no music thank you!!!!!!! great job this looked like mission impossible to me
Thanks for the feedback!
You have the patience of a saint and the mastery of Leonardo da Vinci! I’ve been watching your videos for hours this evening, starting with the Dragon vase. I’m trying to learn how to repair a favorite white porcelain French waste container. I trust it will be a simpler project. Thank you for sharing your talent and knowledge; I will be sharing your videos with my artist friends on Facebook. We all have plenty of time during this pandemic.
Thank you for the compliment. Good luck to you in your repair endeavor.
Wow!! Another amazing reveal! The finished product is beyond perfect. The detail work that you do is hands down amazing! Still in awe! Beautiful! :)
Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed watching.
Great work and great video. So glad there's no music. In some of your other videos the music is for me repetitive and annoying.
Such an amazing job!!!!
Thanks very much, Kevin. I'm glad you enjoy these videos.
THIS IS AN EXCELLENT VIDEO
Brilliant!
Your the MAN...great work.from Aussie
Thanks very much!
Wow,is all i can say,it looks amazing x
Thanks!
Hey were you been waiting for your next video I love them so relaxing I’m giving you a shout out to others that love to watch craftsmen at work
I'm glad you like watching my videos. I've been working on a lot of repairs but none so far are worth a video. I make my living doing restoration, not making RUclips videos. Plus it takes a long time to make these videos and slows down the repair work. I have to work them in to my work flow without hurting my income. Hang in there. There will be more videos coming. I'm thinking of making shorter ones that I can turn around quicker.
Dear Martin people make money on their you tube videos I really believe you can increase your views become profitable their many of us that love to watch restoration mayb a sponsor from the products you use? Well I’m here and appreciate your art form. Laura
Beautifully restored, lovely job Martin!! ... Let's hope he has learned a lesson & behaves himself from now on cos I bet she made him pay for the repair lol ;) x
Wow!
I’m guessing Job is a big hit at your family reunions.
I thought part 1 was great, but this finishing is amazing! Your painting skill and sensitivity to design are literally awesome. You should be very proud of your artisanry.
If I were the owner of this, I would be crying when seeing the end result.
What would a C level job be like? Would you just fill in every single recess?
Thank you so much! A "C" level would have very little cosmetic work. It would be a good, strong, well-aligned pieces, with chips and voids filled but little or no painting.
@@marsgitar Oops, I had thought the 'C' was the highest, not the lowest. So would an 'A' be as I described?
Thank you for your replies...
@@lesleythompson6801 Yes, the "A" level is the best quality I can achieve given what I have to work with. It should be very difficult to tell it was ever broken.
Hi Martin, I recently started watching your show and really enjoy it..what do you use in the small pillows you set the item being repaired on? Sand? Thanks DD
I call them "bean bags", 'cause they're full of beans . . . different kinds, different size bags, from tiny ones up to actual pillow size ones. Some have rice in them. I usually make the bags out of flannel, nice an soft.
The raised areas of this kind of Japanese pottery are made of slip, a dilution of clay that is like watery icing, which is then 'painted' on. The technique is called Moriage. Satsuma incorporates moriage, but also is particularly notable because of its use of gold. The original Satsuma wares were made by Korean immigrant potters in 17th c. Japan.
I am not an expert. I bought a Moriage piece on ebay and researched the terms.
Thanks for that info.
@@marsgitar I have read some more and found I was wrong about some things.
1) This is just one of many styles of Satsuma, one that was most popular in the West.
2) In Part 1, I asked if it was Satsuma "porcelain", which it isn't. But I am confused because a collector site says it's earthen ware, while Wikipedia calls it stoneware.
I imagine you, Mr. Scherer, can feel the difference when you handle material. Which do you think it is?
@@lesleythompson6801 I'm not a ceramic expert. I don't make ceramics or fire them. I just know enough about them to repair them. These vases appear to be a kind of porcelain. Very fine porcelain looks like white glass and it is translucent. There's another kind that is more grainy and not translucent. These vases are the grainy kind. It's very hard and non porous. As far as whether these are in fact actual Satsuma pottery - I don't know. That's what the client told me. I have found that the client is not always correct.
To answer your question: this is not earthenware. It might be stoneware. It is high fired and very hard. It will dull files used on it.
Here's a link to the difference between earthenware and stoneware: vintageunscripted.com/2018/11/04/whats-the-difference-between-earthenware-and-stoneware/
@@marsgitar Thanks--yes, that is the same as I've read elsewhere about the difference. I think of earthenware as like things people make in beginning ceramics classes, or like garden pots. And stoneware what you get from IKEA, for example.
It's so odd that the two collector/dealer sources said Satsuma was earthenware. (I'd have expected them to be more accurate than Wikipedia.)
Thanks again.
So cool! Where do I learn how to do this? I am in NY. There has to be somewhere :)
I learned restoration from working for a restorer at Venerable Classics. I worked for them for about 5 years. However, I have been an artist since I was a child, and professionally since I was in high school. Over the years I've picked up many other skills that come in handy. I've been restoring at my own business for over 11 years now.
Yes, there are schools and others who will train you in this craft. I can't recommend any since I don't know them. Just do an internet search. Results may vary depending on where you live, country-wise. I don't do any training.
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What is the gold your using and and is there any thing that looks like real gold that doesn't need firing?
I'm using Sylmasta brand solvent based gold paint. You can get a set that is a range of colors that can be mixed to get different shades.
For a look of "real gold" that doesn't need firing, I'd suggest gilding with real gold foil.
Hi Martin, congrats! you do a very good job!
I noticed that you covered a large amount of the brown background and then removed what would not be covered, I agree with you, it is much simpler than masking it. I ask you, what solvent were you using to remove what didn't need to be painted? Btw, what is the brand of your airbrush? seems pretty good!
A pity that part 2 of this work does not have the option of captioning. For me who speak another language, sometimes it is a little difficult to understand ... Cheers!
Thanks Zelia. Usually I don't use a solvent to remove small areas of paint. I use a wooden toothpick or a Q-tip (swab). If I do need a solvent, sometimes I use water, or airbrush cleaner to wet the toothpick or Q-tip. That's for water based acrylic paint.
The airbrush brand I use the most, and like the most is Iwata brand. Excellent airbrushes. I have several different models by Iwata.
Thanks for pointing out the need for captioning. I have to look into that.
@@marsgitar You're right! I also use toothpicks, I just thought to myself that the paint could dry and then it could be more difficult to remove it.
As for the airbrush, I already wanted an Iwata, but I know they are more expensive, precisely because they are the best!
Thanks for the reply!
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Why was it broken into so many pieces and why repair it? Was it valuable? You must like doing jigsaw puzzles lol. Why not buy a blank vase and decorate it yourself in your own style? That would be a fun project ;-)
This vase/lamp had so many pieces because it had been broken at least once before and not repaired very well, so I had to take apart the old repairs as well. Why it was repaired is a question only the owners can answer. There was a lot of sentimental value to these two lamps, and worth the effort according to the owners. No, I do not enjoy jigsaw puzzles, they bore me to death.
You did the repair for someone else? That would explain it lol. I hope you got paid for it in the end? You did a fantastic job. Any idea which glue is best for spelter? Gorilla superglue will not touch it...Cheers!
@@MattBlytheTheOne Yes, it was repaired for someone else. I'm a professional restorer. Of course I got paid for it. Thanks for the compliment.
Spelter is zinc; it could be soldered, or you could use some kind of epoxy. It depends on the nature of the damage, what one has to work with.
Have you ever gotten anything where you just throw your arms up and say......oh, hell no !?
Yes, but rarely.
Martin Scherer what a master craftsman 👍👍👍👍
Your craftsmanship is superb. At what point does the cost to restore far outweigh
the value of the piece? I understand totally if the item has sentimental value but do you ever advise a customer not to invest sums of money into something that has little value as a repaired item?
My only suggestion is the frequent parts of your video where the volume is mute. I’d rather have just white noise than dead silence. I keep thinking that I need to adjust the volume on my phone.
Thanks for the compliment and suggestions. Yes, sometimes I do tell clients that the repair will by far exceed the value of the thing they want repaired. I leave the final decision to them.
到尾時越畫越 粗. All the fracture lines are still visible.
Yes, it is a very tedious job for anyone. I think he got tired and getting sloppy as it goes. This is too bad.
Chinese art work are know for their fine fine delicately details, even the fakes ones.
I can’t imagine what a “C” job would look like.
In the case of these two lamp repairs the owners opted for a "B" quality repair, hence the less than perfect quality.
Sandro Lee: Wow if you are here to troll and criticize please stay away. If you can do better, start your own channel. Martin is amazing.
I did not find it sloppy. The original painting was not perfect. Also we are looking VERY close in the video, but you would not notice imperfections from a distance. I bet if we were sitting down next to a table with the lamp on top, we wouldn't notice a thing.
You seem not to have paid attention or to know what you are talking about. It is stated in the description that this was a Japanese vase, not a Chinese one. Do you not recognise Japanese mountains when you see them? No, he did not get sloppy. He worked with great care to do the repair to the level agreed with the client. As stated, the client was very satisfied with the result. If you think the client was satisfied with too little then you should go and take that up with them.
you almost overpaint all the surface, it is not a professional retouching
Such a terrible and haphazard way of 'repairing' a vase. You practically painted OVER the original!