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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 thick repair filler. Next few images show much much filler was used. At least the thickness of the applied tape. Note the processed repair line with the...

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 the glue bits now. It shouldn't shift anymore. I have to start to prep for filling in the cracks with the filler material so the masking tape goes on...

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 this one. This tree's been through a lot, taught me some good literati lessons. I feel I'm not done with this tree yet and in a few years, there'll be a change...

Posting an update. The composition now has three additional trees and the main tree and supporting tree also got some subtle but much needed movement. Detail wiring was also added. I think trying to find a pot for this tree is going to be one difficult task.

Processed and put back together. I had to get a little creative to hold the pieces together. Kintsugi adhesion state generally doesn't worry too much about glazed surface. But bonsai kintsugi is different because we worry about pantina. So I built up these connections points and bridged them to...

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 and while reaching for something, it fell and broke. Fortunately, only the walls broke vs the whole pot breaking in half. I could hear his shock when this fell...

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

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 usual. I like a more sturdy look so no foot should be right in the middle. So in this case, the repair, it'll always be slightly off to the side, exactly like how...

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 hard to get right. The chip couldn't have been more perfectly placed, exactly where there are so many edges, ridges, and curves. Because the pot was so...

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.

I wanted to show the subtle feet of the Bushuan pot. Very very subtle ridge, totally missed that on the first shaping.

Here is where I filled the chip area by shaping the structure with kokuso urushi which is the composite material. Then I shaped it down roughly and then came back with sabi urushi which is the filling material to fill and shape the rest of the edging. Note the filled-in AREA, this is honestly...