This philosophy of perfection is _not_ - and should not be - limited only to the ideals of Japanese artisans / carpenters / tradespeople. Absolutely Everything you do should be the best one you made -- leave a legacy!
Hello. If possible, can you tell me how to remove surface scratches from a laquer piece? When I lived in Japan a friend gave me a lovely tray with some gold embedded in the laquer, but my mom didn't realize how delicate it was, and she washed it with harsh soap and it is now scratched and dull in some areas. I would like to try to repair it. Any advice?
If they're not too deep you may be able to lightly sand the very surface and apply lacquer on top, keep in mind the lacquer you find in hardware stores is different and you would wanna do more research to avoid harming the piece, but assuming the new lacquer doesn't have a reaction with the old, it should be okay. I would ask somebody who has experience using lacquer finish on woodworking projects for help! Hope you can rescue your piece.
Real raw lacquer is hard to find in the US for wood finishing. If you can find it it's in small tubes that are very expensive and advertised to people wanting to fix pottery, not use for furniture finishing. This breaks the back of the furniture maker. In US to shellac french polish is available at a reasonable cost for lac buttons direct from India and seems to be more easily sustained as a resource in large enough quantity. But Real raw lacquer finished furniture is very beautiful. Perhaps Superior to french polish, but Ive only ever seen photos.
They collect the sap from trees then filter it, like shellac, through a cloth to remove any grit. Then add natural pigments or use it raw and add thinner sometimes called lacquer thinner. it's similar to the resin finishes in structure, such as varnish, shellac, except these terms varnish, and lacquer have come to mean completely different things from inferior knock off imitations trying to claim to be them.
2:02 but there has to be a point when they've so fine tuned their ability to replicate a piece that there can't possibly be anything they can improve on... Not unless their view of perfection is absolute consistency in replication... just like a machine. I mean yes, being damn near close is impressive and what you strive for, but the ever so slight inconsistency adds the human element, but I digress.
This philosophy of perfection is _not_ - and should not be - limited only to the ideals of Japanese artisans / carpenters / tradespeople. Absolutely Everything you do should be the best one you made -- leave a legacy!
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Shameful how few views. Beautiful.
it shows that there r only few..
so, this is basically wood that they paint and cover in resin?
Beautiful work.
Hello. If possible, can you tell me how to remove surface scratches from a laquer piece? When I lived in Japan a friend gave me a lovely tray with some gold embedded in the laquer, but my mom didn't realize how delicate it was, and she washed it with harsh soap and it is now scratched and dull in some areas. I would like to try to repair it. Any advice?
If they're not too deep you may be able to lightly sand the very surface and apply lacquer on top, keep in mind the lacquer you find in hardware stores is different and you would wanna do more research to avoid harming the piece, but assuming the new lacquer doesn't have a reaction with the old, it should be okay. I would ask somebody who has experience using lacquer finish on woodworking projects for help! Hope you can rescue your piece.
I take it none of these folks are allergic to Urushi?
素晴らしいです。
Real raw lacquer is hard to find in the US for wood finishing. If you can find it it's in small tubes that are very expensive and advertised to people wanting to fix pottery, not use for furniture finishing. This breaks the back of the furniture maker. In US to shellac french polish is available at a reasonable cost for lac buttons direct from India and seems to be more easily sustained as a resource in large enough quantity. But Real raw lacquer finished furniture is very beautiful. Perhaps Superior to french polish, but Ive only ever seen photos.
But how is the lacquer itself made?
They collect the sap from trees then filter it, like shellac, through a cloth to remove any grit. Then add natural pigments or use it raw and add thinner sometimes called lacquer thinner. it's similar to the resin finishes in structure, such as varnish, shellac, except these terms varnish, and lacquer have come to mean completely different things from inferior knock off imitations trying to claim to be them.
I'm the only one here who thinks that music is great?
Anna Kućma I think it fits the tone of the video. Or maybe even sets it.
Exactly!
I'm not a big fan of music in a video unless it is a music video, but this music wasn't annoying like most videos.
This is amazing
Your work is great! I think it will be interesting for you to see Russian lacquer miniatures on our channel.
Hello, is There any place, craftman, or school to learn Urushi
In Japan for occidental man ? Thanks for reply.
I don't wanna be that guy, but shouldn't the vid title be "making Japanese laquer/ware/"?
For a moment I thought it was the Omnitrix
2:02 but there has to be a point when they've so fine tuned their ability to replicate a piece that there can't possibly be anything they can improve on...
Not unless their view of perfection is absolute consistency in replication... just like a machine. I mean yes, being damn near close is impressive and what you strive for, but the ever so slight inconsistency adds the human element, but I digress.
Deserved better editing
Great video...irritating piano music
This video was ruined by that god awful piano... my ear drums are permanently damaged.
idiot