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Introduction to Kintsugi: Repair Your Pottery with Gold

Final Touches

A course by Clara Graziolino , Ceramic Artist and Kintsugi Expert

Ceramic Artist and Kintsugi Expert. Turin, Italy.
Joined April 2020
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21,686 students
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About the video: Final Touches

Overview

“In this lesson, I am going to show you how to give your piece the finishing touches to make it shine. To finish your first kintsugi project, you are going to give it the final touch to make the gold lines shinier.”

In this video lesson Clara Graziolino addresses the topic: Final Touches , which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Kintsugi: Repair Your Pottery with Gold. Learn to embrace the beauty of imperfections by restoring your ceramics through the ancient Japanese art of kintsugi.

Partial transcription of the video

“Final Touches In this lesson, we're going to finish our Kintsugi project in order to make the gold lines shinier. You'll need gold dust powder, a wooden spatula, skewer and flat sticks, paint brush number 3 round tip, alcohol, cotton, gloves and kitchen paper. The first thing that I'm going to do is removing the masking tape from the little hole. And now, we can also remove the numbers. The first thing that we're gonna do is to take the paint brush and dip it directly in the gold dust powder. Then, pass the brush on top of the glue relief lines. They must be quite dry, but still sticky enou...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Kintsugi: Repair Your Pottery with Gold

  • Level: Beginner
  • 98% positive reviews (499)
  • 21686 students
  • 5 units
  • 15 lessons (2h 0m)
  • 7 downloads
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    Arts & Crafts, Ceramics, DIY, Fine Arts

Clara Graziolino

Clara Graziolino
A course by Clara Graziolino

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Ceramic Artist and Kintsugi Expert

Clara Graziolino is a contemporary history graduate from Turin University, with a degree from the Art and Restoration Institute in Florence, Italy. She began her career by restoring Etruscan ceramics for an archaeological museum in Pisa and Roman sculptures for the Uffizi Museum in Florence.

In 2003, she moved to Madrid to deepen her knowledge of ceramic sculptures. She eventually started making her own sculpture artwork, and in 2016 she was awarded first prize at Magrama International Ceramics contest. Alongside a Japanese restoration teacher, she learned the traditional techniques of kintsugi and has since collaborated in advertisements and events with brands such as Shiseido and Acciona. She currently works with international galleries and interior designers creating sculptures, murals, and installations.


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Introduction to Kintsugi: Repair Your Pottery with Gold. Craft course by Clara Graziolino Best seller

Introduction to Kintsugi: Repair Your Pottery with Gold

A course by Clara Graziolino
Ceramic Artist and Kintsugi Expert. Turin, Italy.
Joined April 2020
  • 98% positive reviews (499)
  • 21,686 students