How many layers of function can one art piece have?
This is an example of art pieces made in layers, what I don’t understand is what you mean by “of function”. I never made it to 100 layers but between lacquer layers I attached mother pearl. This is how I do it: The lacquer is applied to the substructure in very thin layers, and after each layer cures in a humid, dust-free cabinet for a day or longer, it is then polished and another layer is applied; an object may have only a few or more than a hundred layers, progressing to a very refined final lacquer surface. The lacquer may be used in a transparent state, as a “varnish” over bare wood, or it may be opaque and colored by the addition of mineral pigments. Cinnabar and iron oxide were used to make red and black lacquers, orpiment for yellow lacquer. Until the development of synthetic colors, white, blue and green were not used, as these natural pigments are unstable in lacquer. Oils and other ingredients were added as dictated by various recipes; these are sometimes blamed for a lacque
