Yixing repair - "Tinkers"

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by bonescwa » Nov 4th, '14, 00:20

The staples alone don't seem like they would keep the pots watertight, but they must obviously work... does anyone know more details?
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by chrl42 » Nov 4th, '14, 04:09

Tead Off wrote:
tingjunkie wrote:
chrl42 wrote: I heard the staple is like $10 a piece :lol:
If made out of 14K gold perhaps...
In Asia, the chances are they use 22k gold. I wonder if there is any adhesive involved along with the stapling. And, I wonder if the staples go through the pot to the other side or just into the body?
I have one, and yes there is an adhesive attached in. But over time I find they are being getting rid of.

Mine is done on the lid, so stapling is done along the inner line *of the lid's teeth (or wall), to avoid from a trouble when closing the lid. The stapling has quite a long history in China, usually done on old porcelains and antiques, but it seems doing on Yixings is also successful.

I heard most of the time, they are made of bronze and quite pricey than they look.
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by tingjunkie » Nov 5th, '14, 01:00

Very glad to hear the video got this skilled artisan's monthly income wrong. Faith in the world restored... :mrgreen:
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by kyarazen » Nov 5th, '14, 04:05

tingjunkie wrote:Very glad to hear the video got this skilled artisan's monthly income wrong. Faith in the world restored... :mrgreen:
but if you spend some time in china with the locals.. suddenly you will start losing that faith again 8) :twisted:
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by demonyc » Nov 14th, '14, 15:15

Wow, this is so cool! It's interesting to compare the lines of staples of this method that draw attention away from the cracks (although it's still obvious that there is a repair) in the piece to kintsugi which by design highlights the cracks, at the same time implying that it's an intentional feature of the work rather than a repair...
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Re: Yixing repair - "Tinkers"

by Fuut » Nov 14th, '14, 16:03

Tead Off wrote:
tingjunkie wrote:
chrl42 wrote: I heard the staple is like $10 a piece :lol:
If made out of 14K gold perhaps...
In Asia, the chances are they use 22k gold. I wonder if there is any adhesive involved along with the stapling. And, I wonder if the staples go through the pot to the other side or just into the body?
I think yes and no. Otherwise even with expert clamping there would be leaking (except with the cleanest breaks).
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Re: Yixing repair - "Tinkers"

by Tead Off » Nov 15th, '14, 00:04

Fuut wrote:
Tead Off wrote:
tingjunkie wrote:
chrl42 wrote: I heard the staple is like $10 a piece :lol:
If made out of 14K gold perhaps...
In Asia, the chances are they use 22k gold. I wonder if there is any adhesive involved along with the stapling. And, I wonder if the staples go through the pot to the other side or just into the body?
I think yes and no. Otherwise even with expert clamping there would be leaking (except with the cleanest breaks).
I agree.
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