'Horses' by Peter Speake-Marin: the making of a Maki-e dialPosted by IanS
 'Horses' Maki-e dial unique piece by Speake-Marin Maki-e - literally meaning, “sprinkled picture - is a traditional Japanese lacquer process. " The Maki-e technique originated in the Heian period (794 – 1192) and established its word wide reputation to the bog 19th century expositions in London, Paris and Vienna. The intricate calm designs of Maki-e are created by drawing lacquer glue on the surface and then sprinkling metal powders. Commonly used powders are gold, silver, aokin (an alloy of gold and silver), tin, shakudou (an alloy of copper and gold) and other metals and even shells, e.g. pearl. The image is then covered with black lacquer and after the lacquer dries the design is carved, engraved and/or burnished out. This process is repeated over and over, with the surface building up to make three-dimensional art. Each of the many layers has to dry before the next can be applied, making Maki-e an extremely time consuming process.  First the outline is painted on tracing paper     Then the drawing is applied to the dial.   The surface is scratched so that the Maki-e e adheres strongly.  One by one, layers of base black are slowly built up.      Then colours are added, one colour at a time.   By burnishing and engraving the layers, the three- dimensionality of the design emerges.      Fine details emerge.   The depth of the image begins to be appreciated.   'Horses' Maki-e dial unique piece by Speake-Marin Ian Skellern Greubel Forsey forum and URWERK forum moderator www.facebook.com/underthedial twitter.com/underthedial Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/08/2009 12:24AM by IanS.
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