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Filling material was added to fill the repaired joints with sabi urushi. The tape was then removed from the pot surface. Note the very...

Is anyone at all curious to see what itoigawa juniper comes with the $5,000.00 workshop? Is it a typo? I hope it's a typo.

The pot has cured for a week now, and the pieces can stand by themselves. The fit was very tight, so I feel very confident I can remove...

For reference, here is the same tree in the more risky pot.

I've posted about this Japanese Black Pine literati in various other threads, but I wanted to create this progression thread mainly for...

Posting an update. The composition now has three additional trees and the main tree and supporting tree also got some subtle but much...

Processed and put back together. I had to get a little creative to hold the pieces together. Kintsugi adhesion state generally doesn't...

Oh, Joy! A new pot to fix! A friend asked me to repair this tiny Imaoka Machinao pot for him. It's literally one of his favorite pots...

Update: I've posted this repair to my IG and tagged Tom Benda and feeling tickled he replied! Great validation!

This is one of my favorite threads on Bnut, love what you're doing. Quick question, on a pot like the Benda, what's the general rule...

Man, I love that! I'd love for the pot to be mine haha; but, sadly it isn't. I'd say that if it were mine, I'd position it per the...

I just want to touch and hold this pot. Well done, it enhances the whole IMO.

Finally, the Benda pot is repaired. I really enjoyed this repair. It's pretty stupid and simple, but you know what they say, simple is...

I gilded the Bushuan pot and it came out looking pretty fantastic. I'm quite pleased with how it turned out.

Applied the polishing urushi and sanded it down for another layer.