In Wajima, Japan, where hundreds of homes and studios were destroyed, master-class artisans are struggling to keep lacquer ...

With the Lunar New Year just a month away, dozens of horse-themed lacquer artworks by artisan Nguyen Tan Phat - some priced ...

Makeup artists explain how and when to use each lip product. Both give a shiny finish. Both are applied similarly. So what gives? What's the difference between the two? Are they both used differently?

When organic chemist Takayuki Honda visited Okinawa Island in southern Japan a few years ago, he purchased a small dish coated with the glossy vermilion lacquer that’s characteristic of the region.

Once considered “over the top” and “showy," lacquer is making a comeback. The finish is now considered to be both modern and current and is being used in a variety of spaces in the home, from living ...

Read expert advice to keep your furniture gleaming. Gone (thankfully!) are the days of having each room of your home feel like it's out of Rooms To Go, where everything matches, and everything is a ...

In my first two blogs, I discussed that lacquer thinner is actually a combination of different chemicals. These chemicals fall into two categories. They can be diluent solvents and, thus, dilute the ...

Last month, an intriguing, black lacquer bed with a swooping silhouette, part of a sale at Christie’s, was all over my Instagram feed. It was Jean Dunand's 1932 bed Aux Nenuphars (With Waterlilies), ...

What automotive lacquer thinner is and what it's used for has changed radically since General Motors first introduced Inca Silver as the first acrylic lacquer color to the Chevrolet and Corvette's ...