One point to mention is that over time ( 6 months -1 year ) the colour will lighten somewhat ( sometimes a lot ) as the urushi ages...and the overcoats will become somewhat more transparent from the same aging...it's just another one of the properties of the medium....
Yes. In case of tamenuri the process of lightening can continue for even 5 years. I wrote about in article linked in description to video : tamenuri.com/what-is-tamenuri/
Im looking forward to your filtering video. I tried coating my noodler's ahab with urushi for my first try on fountain pens. The pen had a strong vegetal resin smell which was very unpleasant, which was masked by the urushi. but aesthetics wise i didn't quite get it looking nice
Buy kuro urushi. Even me, with all experience, 3kg of urushi in studio never make kuro urushi myself. It makes no sense with less than 2-3 kg at a time.
Is it possible to use natural mineral pigments to colour the lacquer? I would like to create Australian themes and would like to use soil / sand to produce variations of outback reds, yellows and whites. In other words what are the issues and limitation of using such finely crushed pigmentation?
Yes, some of them yes. Others no ;) you need to test. As always with urushi. You test cure urushi itself often, even if used it before. It’s important part of this craft..
@@TamenuriStudio Michael, Thank you for your reply. I will start collecting various desert sands and will then create a fine powder. As you say experimenting will be the acid test. I will start cataloging the samples for reference, test the sands for acidity, alkalinity etc. Feel very motivated as it will give me a reason to get into the bush. I have enjoyed all your RUclips posts and love the relaxed and understated presentations. Thank you
Hello I have but one question I am currently making a traditional tanto blade and I plan to use urushi in the handle and my question is can I use just plain charcoal powder for pigment to turn the urushi black
@@TamenuriStudio thanks so much I’m studying many traditional Japanese arts and have become fascinated with your work and with urushi itself so thank you so much I greatly appreciate it
Hi bro, I liked your videos so much! I always follow you. I wanna ask a question to u. The materials which you are using, from where do you buy? Especiaally the materials for URUSHİ, how can I find the place which sell them? I will use them for wood stick. I need black ones. By the way I live in Turkey. Best regards and loves from Turkey.
Yes, for important layers always. Urushi in tubes might be easily contaminated by pieces of cured and semicured urushi that are around the tube opening. And filtering is also an additional way to mix pigment paste with urushi. I do not use pre-coloured urushi "ready to use" - I use high pigment pastes which are mixed with urushi in different ratios from 1:2 to 2:1. Generally I always filter urushi for any critical layer (last middle and all top layers)
Your products are beyond Nakaya....
So cool.
You could try a glass paint muller to really break up and suspend the fine particulate clumps. It's how I make homemade watercolors.
Thank you, i will check this option out. In Japan they use pin roller and mortars.
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One point to mention is that over time ( 6 months -1 year ) the colour will lighten somewhat ( sometimes a lot ) as the urushi ages...and the overcoats will become somewhat more transparent from the same aging...it's just another one of the properties of the medium....
Yes. In case of tamenuri the process of lightening can continue for even 5 years. I wrote about in article linked in description to video : tamenuri.com/what-is-tamenuri/
Im looking forward to your filtering video. I tried coating my noodler's ahab with urushi for my first try on fountain pens. The pen had a strong vegetal resin smell which was very unpleasant, which was masked by the urushi. but aesthetics wise i didn't quite get it looking nice
I am lacquering an Ahab right now ;) same reason - plasticky and smell ;)) I’ll show it in one of next videos ;)
Can you tell me how to make kuro urushi for kintsugi please.
Buy kuro urushi. Even me, with all experience, 3kg of urushi in studio never make kuro urushi myself. It makes no sense with less than 2-3 kg at a time.
Is it possible to use natural mineral pigments to colour the lacquer? I would like to create Australian themes and would like to use soil / sand to produce variations of outback reds, yellows and whites. In other words what are the issues and limitation of using such finely crushed pigmentation?
Yes, some of them yes. Others no ;) you need to test. As always with urushi. You test cure urushi itself often, even if used it before. It’s important part of this craft..
@@TamenuriStudio Michael, Thank you for your reply. I will start collecting various desert sands and will then create a fine powder. As you say experimenting will be the acid test. I will start cataloging the samples for reference, test the sands for acidity, alkalinity etc.
Feel very motivated as it will give me a reason to get into the bush.
I have enjoyed all your RUclips posts and love the relaxed and understated presentations. Thank you
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Hello I have but one question I am currently making a traditional tanto blade and I plan to use urushi in the handle and my question is can I use just plain charcoal powder for pigment to turn the urushi black
yes it is possible. It will baheve differently, will be more difficult to apply but doable. Try "lamp black" too - much betted as pigment.
@@TamenuriStudio thanks so much I’m studying many traditional Japanese arts and have become fascinated with your work and with urushi itself so thank you so much I greatly appreciate it
Hi bro,
I liked your videos so much! I always follow you. I wanna ask a question to u. The materials which you are using, from where do you buy? Especiaally the materials for URUSHİ, how can I find the place which sell them? I will use them for wood stick. I need black ones. By the way I live in Turkey. Best regards and loves from Turkey.
Several shops in Japan, but easies to communicate is Watanabe Shoten
Do you still need to filter pre-colored urushi?
Yes, for important layers always. Urushi in tubes might be easily contaminated by pieces of cured and semicured urushi that are around the tube opening. And filtering is also an additional way to mix pigment paste with urushi. I do not use pre-coloured urushi "ready to use" - I use high pigment pastes which are mixed with urushi in different ratios from 1:2 to 2:1. Generally I always filter urushi for any critical layer (last middle and all top layers)
@@TamenuriStudio Thank you very much!