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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.
Nov 9, 2020 · Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquered gold, creating beautiful cracks in bowls, cups or vases. In this video, I explore the history of Kintsugi, the process of...
Apr 5, 2021 · Kintsugi rejoins pieces of broken pottery, highlights cracks with gold, and creates uniquely renewed objects. Also a parallel to life, it embraces the reality that everything can be destroyed, and that there is beauty in being restored, scars and all.
Sep 8, 2023 · But after a traumatic life change, she discovered how to highlight them instead through kintsugi. Naoko Fukumaru dedicated her life to restoring ceramics by hiding their imperfections.
