Considering your love of traditional Urushi, would you ever give Cashew lacquer a try? I would love to see how it turns out with some of the techniques and materials shown in this video.
Well it would be a step back, from my point of view. Not really interested in cashew, especially now when i have access to best types of “real deal” - urushi harvested and processed in Japan.
@@TamenuriStudio i can totally understand purism in art an not compromising in your craft. I just got a second hand electric guitar from a friend I'm repairing the electronics and the body needs some work as well. I'm removing the current "lacquer" then level sanding it before getting to work. I want to do an urushi coating but with the size I'm not sure it would be cost effective for a cheap guitar. So at least for the moment, I'm leaning towards cashew lacquer. I really liked the look of using charcoal or (i can't remember the name) the crushed urushi powder for the edge of the guitar in black. Then I wanted to do a dark metallic red for the flats by layering in some silver powder.
@@lazarusrex9545 cool plan. With urushi - pretty expensive. Not to mention you’d need a big furo. Even with cashew a very ambitious project - I would advice not have it as first one. Start with spoon or something ;) once you get the grip - move on to guitar. A lot of chances to ruin both the lacquer and guitar :/
Very good video Michal, mainly for the beginners, this kind of introduction to different material to work on Urushi is so important. Thanks for sharing this.
Ian Scarborough no, not yet. I cooperate with pen makers, recently with Wet and Wise from Belgium and Tom Westerich. There are some vids like what you want here on yt.
Different sources - some local artists shops - many traditional western pigments are exactly the same as traditional Japanese - there was not much to choose from hundrets of years ago - for example "shu" is vermillion - same as cinnabar. Another is lamp black, titanium oxide etc. Gold and silver dust - in EU only fine dust is availble so if you need anything more - Japan is only source I know off. In Watanabe Shoten you can but over 30 different types of gold powder ;) Some other powders can be sourced in Europe or US but not advertised for use with urushi - bronze powder, aluminum (including coloured), copper, tin etc. Gold and silver leaves - artists gilding supplies (even better than Japanese). Kanshitsu-fun - only Japan. Two shops I use most - Watana-Shoten and Kato-Kohei shoten.
@@TamenuriStudio Thank you for the response, i can't wait to place an order of powdered dyes once the current situation settles. I have a tube of hypo allergenic urushi from mejiro, have you tried it before? It's my first experience with urushi, and it didn't give me any problems with rashes or anything like that.
@@symplesy2056 I have not tried those hypoallergenic lacquers, but I am aware of them. I cannot advise on this as I am immune and never had any reaction to urushi. Those modified are supposed to be "less allergenic", buffered, but there is still some risk of reaction. I don't know about the quality. My problem with Mejiro is that names of their lacquers are not typical and it is difficult to identify some of them. But I will definitely try them soon, once those restrictions on the post are lifted. BTW: most additives to urushi ad pigments, not dyes. Dyes are soluble, pigments are dispersed/emulsified in lacquer. Form my experience dyes do not work with urushi.
Considering your love of traditional Urushi, would you ever give Cashew lacquer a try? I would love to see how it turns out with some of the techniques and materials shown in this video.
Well it would be a step back, from my point of view. Not really interested in cashew, especially now when i have access to best types of “real deal” - urushi harvested and processed in Japan.
@@TamenuriStudio i can totally understand purism in art an not compromising in your craft. I just got a second hand electric guitar from a friend I'm repairing the electronics and the body needs some work as well. I'm removing the current "lacquer" then level sanding it before getting to work. I want to do an urushi coating but with the size I'm not sure it would be cost effective for a cheap guitar. So at least for the moment, I'm leaning towards cashew lacquer. I really liked the look of using charcoal or (i can't remember the name) the crushed urushi powder for the edge of the guitar in black. Then I wanted to do a dark metallic red for the flats by layering in some silver powder.
@@lazarusrex9545 cool plan. With urushi - pretty expensive. Not to mention you’d need a big furo. Even with cashew a very ambitious project - I would advice not have it as first one. Start with spoon or something ;) once you get the grip - move on to guitar. A lot of chances to ruin both the lacquer and guitar :/
Very good video Michal, mainly for the beginners, this kind of introduction to different material to work on Urushi is so important. Thanks for sharing this.
Thank you ;) please share it with anyone who may benefit from it.
Tamenuri Studio I will Michail
You mentioned making bespoke pens to order in the description, do you turn your own pens? (If so can you do a video on that please)
Ian Scarborough no, not yet. I cooperate with pen makers, recently with Wet and Wise from Belgium and Tom Westerich. There are some vids like what you want here on yt.
where did you purchase the metal powders and dyes? thank you for the videos :)
Different sources - some local artists shops - many traditional western pigments are exactly the same as traditional Japanese - there was not much to choose from hundrets of years ago - for example "shu" is vermillion - same as cinnabar. Another is lamp black, titanium oxide etc. Gold and silver dust - in EU only fine dust is availble so if you need anything more - Japan is only source I know off. In Watanabe Shoten you can but over 30 different types of gold powder ;) Some other powders can be sourced in Europe or US but not advertised for use with urushi - bronze powder, aluminum (including coloured), copper, tin etc. Gold and silver leaves - artists gilding supplies (even better than Japanese). Kanshitsu-fun - only Japan. Two shops I use most - Watana-Shoten and Kato-Kohei shoten.
@@TamenuriStudio Thank you for the response, i can't wait to place an order of powdered dyes once the current situation settles. I have a tube of hypo allergenic urushi from mejiro, have you tried it before? It's my first experience with urushi, and it didn't give me any problems with rashes or anything like that.
@@symplesy2056 I have not tried those hypoallergenic lacquers, but I am aware of them. I cannot advise on this as I am immune and never had any reaction to urushi. Those modified are supposed to be "less allergenic", buffered, but there is still some risk of reaction. I don't know about the quality. My problem with Mejiro is that names of their lacquers are not typical and it is difficult to identify some of them. But I will definitely try them soon, once those restrictions on the post are lifted. BTW: most additives to urushi ad pigments, not dyes. Dyes are soluble, pigments are dispersed/emulsified in lacquer. Form my experience dyes do not work with urushi.