Japanese Art Of Broken Pottery

Kintsugi is the japanese art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold built on the idea that in embracing flaws and imperfections.

Japanese art of broken pottery. Lacquerware is a longstanding tradition in japan at some point it may have been combined. Trust the japanese to. In the 500 year old art of kintsugi which translates more or less as joining with gold broken pottery is repaired with a seam of lacquer and precious metal. Kintsugi the japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold.

But the japanese art of kintsugi follows a different philosophy. Rather than disguising the breakage kintsugi restores. This traditional japanese art uses a precious metal liquid gold liquid silver or lacquer dusted with powdered gold to bring together the pieces of a broken pottery item and at the same time enhance the breaks. As a philosophy it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object rather than something to disguise.

Yesterday my pastor titled his sermon those beautiful cracked pots and explained the. The technique consists in joining fragments and giving them a new more refined aspect. Poetically translated to golden joinery kintsugi or kintsukuroi is the centuries old japanese art of fixing broken pottery rather than rejoin ceramic pieces with a camouflaged adhesive the kintsugi technique employs a special tree sap lacquer dusted with powdered gold silver or platinum. I am fascinated reading this.

As a philosophy it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object rather than something. Kintsugi 金継ぎ golden joinery also known as kintsukuroi 金繕い golden repair is the japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold silver or platinum a method similar to the maki e technique. Kintsugi the japanese art of fixing broken pottery with gold kaushik patowary may 28 2014 2 comments most people would like damages to their broken items to be concealed and hidden by repair making the object look like new. Kintsugi is the japanese art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold built on the idea that in embracing flaws and imperfections you can create an even stronger more.

See more ideas about kintsugi kintsugi art japanese. The idea behind it is that the piece becomes more beautiful and valuable because it has been broken and has a history.