I recently took a course in kintsugi, the ancient Japanese art of repairing broken pottery and highlighting the cracks with gold. The mended piece ends up being more beautiful and more valuable than ...
Kintsugi is the traditional Japanese craft of repairing broken ceramics with “urushi” glue and gold or silver dust. It expresses the Japanese principle of “mottainai”, a concept for the regret ...
One can buy Kintsugi kits online, or even make home-made versions with glue and gold paint.(Photo: Getty Images) The ancient Japanese concept of Kintsugi, repairing broken ceramics with gold and ...
Although it is said that something with a shape will break someday, the sadness when I accidentally break my favorite vessel is deep, and although I know that I can not use it again, I can not throw ...
In a lot of ways, the best glues for broken ceramic are like the best all-around glues: They’re durable, quick to activate, and dry to a finish you like. That said, when you’re fixing ceramic, you’ll ...
If you search for a kintsugi repair in Thailand, the Fix by Love Facebook and Instagram pages will likely appear first in your feed. Although the owner claims he has never digitally marketed it, the ...
“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places” wrote Ernest Hemingway in his poignant book A Farewell to Arms. People who have seen grief at close quarters know what ...