{"product_id":"kintsugi-seed-kit","title":"Kintsugi SEED Kit","description":"\u003cp\u003eKintsugi is an ancient Japanese technique for repairing cracks and chips in pottery with lacquer and decorating with metallic powders, gold, silver or brass.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis kit from URUJYU is made with natural traditional ingredients such as tokusa plant which has been used since ancient times to polish thanks to its rough surface, lacquer extracted from lacquer trees, pure silver and gold powder.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Kintsugi Kit was born thanks to the interaction with our students of the Kintsugi class that I have been teaching for more than ten years. It contains easy-to-use quantities of materials and tools to be used at home with a text and video (\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@urujyukintsugi2003\/videos\" style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003eKintsugi Urujyu\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eon Youtube).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eUsing\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e only Ki-urushi lacquer, the most natural type of lacquer, made of lacquer sap from which we removed impurities. To repair broken pottery, we mix earth with lacquer to fill a crack, then put some flour and sawdust in order to refill said broken part. The ivory-colored lacquer freshly taken from lacquer trees changes to a transparent candy-color in the air. It turns red when naturel pigment such as Bengara is added. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eMake your own color from natural lacquer.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLike when we sew a button that has fallen off with a needle and thread, the Kintsugi allows us to mend our precious porcelain items when they are broken. We hope that this lifestyle becomes usual. We made this kit keeping this in mind.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaterials:\u003cbr\u003eBasic lacquer, Makie powder (pure gold and silver keshi-fun), Tonoko (clay powder), Bengara (red pigment), Sawdust, Flour\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTools:\u003cbr\u003eSpatula, Paint brush, Sprinkle brush, Glass plate, Bottle for oil, Sand paper (#400＃800＃1500), Tokusa Plant, Silk cotton, Pipette, Masking tape, Measuring spoon, Toothpicks and Gloves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlease avoid contact with skin when using the urushi lacquer by wearing disposable gloves to avoid any possible skin irritations. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePlease store Urushi in a cool place to extend its shelf life (approx 6-12months)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Urujyu","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44139457282271,"sku":"JTA-Urujyu","price":295.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0122\/9422\/products\/kintsugi-seed-kit-jta-urujyu-japanese-tools-australia-674690.jpg?v=1708905015","url":"https:\/\/www.japanesetools.com.au\/products\/kintsugi-seed-kit","provider":"Japanese Tools Australia ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}