Some of our ceramics are lacquered. This latex is a powerful adhesive that resists water and a certain degree of heat. It allows you to reconstruct a piece broken, cracked or chipped. With powder of gold, silver or copper, lacquer gives a new life to ceramics.

Urushi is the Japonese name for this latex.  In Japan, Kintsugi refers to the gold lacquer applied to the restoration of ceramics.

Laquerers

Martine Rey  http://www.martine-rey-laque.fr/Martine_Rey/Bienvenue.html

Catherine Nicolas http://pages.artisans-patrimoine.fr/230/catherine-nicolas-laqueur/

 The evolution of raku teabowls has its origins in zen buddhism. For the potter it all begins with the harvesting of the raw materials: clays, minerals and metal oxides. Then he prepares his engobes, terra sigillata, ashes and glazes. Chawans, teapots, chaïres are shaped by hand by molding or turning. The firing is done in a wood-burning cross draft  kiln, in a coal-fired kiln or in an anagama kiln. Chemins d’argile offers workshops in pottery and techniques for the construction of wood-fired kilns built using raw clay. From China, by way of Korea and Japan, the art of tea has circumnavigated the globe to arrive inFrance, allowing us to share a bowl of matcha among the oak and chestnut forests of the Dordogne.