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About kintsugi
- About urushi-buro (dry box) “Urushi-buro” is a box to dry lacquer.
- Lacquer dries because of chemical reaction which makes enzymes harden liquid lacquer.
- The enzymes need right temperature and humidity to work well.
- It’s necessary to make an environment of about 60 to 80 % humidity and 20 to 28 degrees Celsius (60.4 to 82.4 Fahrenheit).
- For that, you can make for example a wet towel in a carton box.
- Japanese traditional repairing art “Kintsugi” Lacquer can be found in various countries in Asia including Japan.
- Each Asian country has developed its own unique lacquer craft such as “Raden” in Korea, “carved lacquer” in Chine and “Kinma” in the Southeast Asia.
- In Japan, a technic called “maki-e” (which means literally “sprinkled painting”) in which one paints with lacquer and decorates a picture with gold or silver powder.
- As the kintsugi uses this technic of “maki-e”, it is considered that kintsugi is a Japanese traditional art of repairing.
- Please try to remember this story when you “sprinkle” gold or silver powder with a brush.
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