Vocabulary
The words the craft
actually uses.
Terms are kept in their original script with a reading and a plain English gloss, because the Japanese, Korean and Chinese vocabulary distinguishes techniques that English flattens into one word. Each entry links to where it appears in the corpus.
4 terms
F
- 風呂 furo
humidity-controlled curing cabinet in which freshly lacquered objects are left to polymerise
K
- 生漆 ki-urushi
raw unrefined lacquer; the maker references a high-quality grade that cures in as little as 6 hours
T
- 溜塗 tamenuri
transparent lacquer over a coloured ground; the channel name references this technique, and the maker mentions pieces in their final transparent-lacquer stage
U
- 漆 urushi
natural lacquer sap; cures by enzymatic polymerisation in humid air