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Kintsugi became closely associated with ceramic vessels used for chanoyu (Japanese tea ceremony). One theory is that kintsugi may have originated when Japanese shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimasa sent a damaged Chinese tea bowl back to China for repairs in the late 15th century.
Jan 8, 2021 · Meaning “joining with gold”, this centuries-old art is more than an aesthetic. For the Japanese, it’s part of a broader philosophy of embracing the beauty of human flaws. Most people don’t ...
Nov 8, 2022 · The art of kintsugi is inextricably linked to the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi: a worldview centred on the acceptance of transience, imperfection and the beauty found in simplicity. Wabi-sabi...
Jun 6, 2024 · kintsugi, traditional Japanese technique of repairing ceramics with lacquer and a metal powder that is usually made from gold or silver. The centuries-old practice is often used to mend treasured objects by beautifying the cracks, which serve as a visual record of the object’s history.
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.
Kintsugi restoration work by David Pike on an antique vase (Photo courtesy of David Pike) A point of pride for the artist is that he uses true lacquer exclusively while many kintsugi hobbyists and even books suggest repairs using an industrial polymer covered by a small bead of lacquer.
Aug 24, 2018 · Recent international enthusiasm for kintsugi may well be due to the ongoing fervor for ceramics, aided in part by the accessibility of communal clay studios, a crop of contemporary artists taking on the medium in innovative ways, and a widespread thirst for hand-crafted objects.
Apr 5, 2021 · For the Japanese, this resurrection of damaged but valued items is called kintsugi, which comes for the words kin, which means “gold,” and tsugi, which means “to join.”. Kintsugi rejoins pieces of broken pottery, highlights cracks with gold, and creates uniquely renewed objects.
Oct 24, 2019 · Learn more about how to master the Japanese art of Kintsugi, a beautiful way of taking something broken and making it beautiful. Skip to content button button
Kintsugi roughly translates as ‘joining with gold’ (kin is ‘gold’ and tsugi is ‘join’). It is a centuries-old Japanese repair technique which uses urushi (Japanese lacquer) dusted with powdered gold to restore broken ceramic and porcelain vessels. Rather than masking fractures, kintsugi highlights them with gold to tell an object ...
