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Gold Powder for Kintsugi 23K 0.3g - Food Safe Kintsugi Repair
Gold Powder for Kintsugi 23K 0.3g - Food Safe Kintsugi Repair
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Many beginners worry about running out of supplies. No need to worry—we sell all consumables separately, so you can easily restock and keep practicing with confidence!
Enhance your kintsugi repairs with our 23K gold powder (0.3g), perfect for highlighting cracks with a stunning golden finish.
☑︎ Ideal for kintsugi – Perfect for restoring and beautifying ceramics
☑︎ Food-safe certified – Safe for tableware use
☑︎ Best paired with our TSUGUKIT kintsugi kit
Food-safe certified
This authentic gold powder is crafted by a long-established Japanese gold supplier and is traditionally used in genuine kintsugi. This gold powder has been tested for food safety, and no cadmium, lead, arsenic was detected. If you wish to practice true, lacquer-based kintsugi in the traditional way, this is the gold powder you should use.
How Much Can I Repair with this Gold Powder?
With 0.1g of gold powder, you can cover approximately 176cm (eight 22cm lines). Since this product contains 0.3g, it can theoretically cover three times the length. However, beginners may use more gold powder than professionals, so this estimate is for reference only.
This product contains 0.3g of gold powder, three times the amount included in our Kintsugi Starter Kit (0.1g).
Read the helpful articles below to learn more about using gold powder;
- How Much Can I Repair with 0.1g Gold Powder?
- Learn about the Last Step of Kintsugi: Finishing with Gold
Inside this Product
☑︎ 0.3g of 23K gold "keshi" powder (food safe)
☑︎ Finger-size silk piece (It should be used to dust gold powder over the repaired cracks)
Why This Set Includes Silk?
Many beginners accidentally get lacquer directly on the silk, causing it to harden. Using hardened silk for finishing can lead to mistakes. That’s why we include extra pieces—so you can replace them when needed.
It’s normal for silk to absorb gold powder and change color. As long as it stays soft, try to reuse the gold-covered areas for finishing instead of always using a fresh, white spot. This helps reduce waste of precious gold powder.
The finger-size silk piece helps you minimize gold powder loss and achieve the best kintsugi results.
FAQ
Q. Are there different types of gold powder?
Authentic gold powder comes in various forms, including keshi-fun (matte powder), nobe-fun (flat powder), and maru-fun (round powder). Each type requires a different finishing process, with varying time and steps. For beginners, the best choice is keshi-fun. It has the simplest finishing process, making it easy to use while achieving beautiful results. On the other hand, nobe-fun and maru-fun require more steps and specialized tools instead of silk.
Q. What is keshi-fun made of?
It is made by crushing gold leaf into fine powder. As a result, it has smaller particles and is the finest among all types of gold powder.
Q. Does the type of gold powder affect the final appearance?
The type of gold powder affects its shine. Keshi-fun has a matte finish.
What is Kintsugi?
Kintsugi is a traditional Japanese art form that originated in the 15th century, and it's been around for over 500 years. When a cherished piece of pottery or porcelain breaks, Kintsugi specialists repair it using natural materials such as genuine lacquer and then decorate the repair marks with gold or silver to make them stand out instead of trying to hide them. Rather, we should allow cracks and blemishes in our belongings to shine and tell a story of their own. The result is an object that's more beautiful than before it was broken, and uniquely valuable because of its history. This is the kintsugi philosophy.
We Are Kintsugi Specialists
Tsugu Tsugu is proud to be part of this ancient tradition—we use only natural materials for our kintsugi repairs. We know where beginners tend to get stuck in the process because we receive so many repairs every day and have taught kintsugi classes for years. That's why our products are filled with educational information and easy-to-understand instructions, along with YouTube videos on the proper way to perform authentic kintsugi. Our goal is to help people around the world successfully perform authentic kintsugi and enjoy a long and prosperous life with their beautiful and favorite pottery.
About Tsugu Tsugu
At Tsugu Tsugu, we are proud to offer kintsugi classes almost every day so that you can share in the fascination of restoring broken pottery.
We believe that there's something special about a piece of broken pottery—it's not just an object that needs to be thrown away, but rather it becomes a treasure once repaired with gold or silver lacquer and put back together. We want to make sure that as many people as possible get to experience this ancient Japanese technique and feel the same joy we do when we see our customers' faces light up with excitement.