Independents

Daniela Speake-Marin was kind enough to send me a photo of the latest watch with a Makie dial from the Speake-Marin shop: Visionary Lion Don...  

How to make a Makie dial Draw the design. Copy the design to the dial. Make scratches on the dial to make urushi stay. Put black urushi for 4 times. Draw the design with gold. Put red urushi on face part. Sparkle gold powder. Put black urushi to make the ...  

Those shots really make you appreciate the work, and price. I'm awed with Mr. Speake-Marin's talent and skill.

I don't understand what's the purpose of applying the red urushi on face part in the beginning The entire section is then covered in gold powder, then black urushi, and then everything else. What's the purpose of the red urushi on the face then? Red urush...  

Not sure if Urushi is like normal gilding where using a red ground (base coat) will give warmth to the gold colour.. similarly a whiter background will make it pale and colours like blue and green can do weird things... my thoughts .. as always may be now... 

One technique for executing taka maki-e requires urushi to be used to build up layers so that some parts of the motif are higher than others, giving it depth and fullness. - SJX

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