Royal Purple Kara-nuri Raden Urushi Spacebar

Kara-nuri Raden "Royal Purple" Urushi 6u Topre Spacebar Unreal Keyboards certifies that this Kara-nuri Raden Collection Royal Purple Topre spacebar has been made solely by the distinguished urushi-shi artisan, Yan Wu, in Fuzhou, Fujian, China.Nestled in one of China’s lacquer art cultural centers, the Wu family have been working with this ancient art style for over 100 years. This experience allows Yan to carefully select the highest quality raw materials and employ various traditional methods to create stunning works of art, something she has been mastering over the last 30 years.To achieve the speckled spots that characterize Kara-nuri, multiple layers of lacquer are applied and then polished by hand in a process known as Roiro-Urushi. The craftsmanship involved in Kara-nuri Urushi extends beyond the lacquer application itself, as bits of raden were inlaid and gold powder swirled into the design of this spacebar. 50 layers of Roiro-Urushi were repeated over the course of a 12 month p