Dry lacquer iron cast koro cover
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Dry lacquer iron cast koro cover
I just finished another experimental piece of dry lacquer work, pretending to be an ancient cast iron cover of a koro with a design of a Hôô phoenix.
The domed plate built up with linnen cloth and ki-urushi and several layers of tonoko, several layers of kuro nakanuri. The relief made with black nakanuri mixed with iron powder. Final coat of black urushi and polished. Then applied a thin coat of black urushi after which the high lights are cleaned with a special paper used for Chinkin. Then with a brush the surface is completely dusted with copper powder and the highlights are polished again with a cotton cloth to remove copper powder.
As visible on the pictures, there are some orange copper powder remains that I have to pick out.
The plate is 13 x 8 x 2.5 cm