Realized I hadn't posted my completed goldless #kintsugi repairs here yet.
In the foreground is one of my own bowls, the primary piece I'd wanted to repair. You can see some of my practice pieces in the background.
Traditional lacquerware work is slow and difficult. (Well, it was for me anyway.) The sanding was the worst part. I probably won't do this again for a long time. Certainly not until I wind up breaking one of my other favorites.
One more shot of my goldless #kintsugi work.
The leftmost plate is one of the first I did. I should have accepted received wisdom and broken it the rest of the way in half. The crack I was covering over has lengthened past the lacquer now. I did not make this mistake with the larger plate to its right!
The leftmost plate was also put through the dishwasher, so the lacquer is flaking pretty badly now.
The break on the small cat plate was too perfect to *not* repair.
I got a little impatient with the chip on the small bowl and didn't fill it in all the way. You can see a small dip in the lacquer and stone powder mixture I used to replace the missing piece. I was still a few layers away from a good, clean repair, I think.
At the end I had exhausted nearly all my motivation for this project, so I wrapped it up quickly and finally got my makeshift urushi boro folded up and put away. Better to complete the repair than burn out chasing perfection.