Manu Propria - Kujaku-Ishi-Nuri

[manupropria]

Sorry for many posts

Some months ago I have started making a new urushi with sprinkling malachite pieces into wet lacquer.
This Kujaku-Ishi-Nuri I have eventually seen on a Japanese Sword scabbard called "saya".
Kujaku-Ishi = Peacock-Lacquer (Malachite).
First I had to crush some malachite pebbles I found in a drawer and sieved it to different sizes.
It was then sprinkled into wet urushi lacquer.
After many layers of black lacquer have been applied over the malachite partcles I had to wait many months until the lacquer has reached a certain hardness close to the hardness of the malachite itself to grind the surface even and to polish. It is a very time consuming lacquer version

Best regards,

Martin

 

[Jim15]

Don't worry about posting to many pens they are absolutely beautiful.

 

[Drewboy22]

Man I really like waking up to see a posting by Manu Propria, cause I know it is going to be a beautiful pen.

Thanks Martin

 

[Docholiday]

All of your urushi techniques and the resulting pens are outstanding. It's very hard to pick a favorite.

 

[manupropria]

Thank you guys, to kind

 

[Charlie_W]

Martin,
Thanks for the glimpse into some of your technique. Very interesting indeed.

Again, a superb pen as well as the craftsmanship that went into it!

 

[thewishman]

Love seeing how things are made! Thank you for sharing some of the steps you take to make your beautiful pens.

 

[Bob in SF]

Beautiful!

Inspiring process!