Kintsugi is the Japanese art of fixing broken pottery with lacquer resin dusted or mixed with powdered gold,silver, or platinum. As a philosophy it speaks to breakage and repair becoming part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise.
Monday, October 27, 2014
Kintsugi
I learnt of this technique while catching some local drama starring Celeste Chong.
Kintsugi is the Japanese art of fixing broken pottery with lacquer resin dusted or mixed with powdered gold,silver, or platinum. As a philosophy it speaks to breakage and repair becoming part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise.
I hope i can be mended in this manner.
Kintsugi is the Japanese art of fixing broken pottery with lacquer resin dusted or mixed with powdered gold,silver, or platinum. As a philosophy it speaks to breakage and repair becoming part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise.
