Red Tonoko Clay Powder 20g for Kintsugi Chip Repair and Urushi Art
Restore your favorite Japanese ceramics or fine woodwork with this authentic red tonoko powder, sourced from Yamashina in Kyoto. This natural clay powder comes in a convenient 20 gram portion. When kneaded with water and mixed with Japanese lacquer, it forms a putty used to fill chipped edges on ceramic dishes or seal open wood grain before painting.
In the traditional art of kintsugi, broken tableware is repaired with lacquer and gold, celebrating a piece's history rather than hiding its damage. Clay powders like tonoko are essential to this craft, providing a durable base for seamless repairs. This red variety gets its warm, natural tone from slate and shale rock that has weathered over time; it is ground into an ultra-fine powder that dissolves easily in water.
This portion uses kiriko-fun, a type of tonoko that has been re-milled into an even finer powder, perfect for home repair kits, pottery restoration, or delicate wood finishing. It is a new, unused item from a Japanese lacquer specialty supplier.
Natural red tonoko clay powder from Yamashina, Kyoto. Contents: approximately 20 g.
This fine powder is used for lacquerware crafts, kintsugi, wood grain filling, kokuso, and sabi-urushi. Mix with water, then add urushi lacquer to create a putty for filling chips and missing areas in ceramics and tableware. It dissolves easily in water and penetrates wood grain well.
Made from kiriko, a type of tonoko produced by re-pulverizing processed tonoko. It is uncolored and retains the natural color of the raw material. Tonoko is made from highly weathered rock formed from slate and shale.
