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

urushi

natural lacquer sap; cures by enzymatic polymerisation in humid air