Filtering urushi

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Second filter

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Apply to ceramic vessel

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Urushi on large ceramic piece

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Half way done, right side up on a bed of nails

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Into the kiln. Heated at240 F for two hours to bond the urushi.

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Into the warm moist place, the furo, to be cured. On the bottom shelf are pans of water placed on a heating pad.

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First step putting eggshell on a small, two inch copper dish with black urushi, aka Japanese lacquer.

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Filling in the spaces with diluted Urushi.

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