Kintsugi - Japanese mending with gold. Traditional and Modern Techniques
KINT – Gold;
SUGI – Join; = Golden Joinery |
The Japanese culture has a time honoured tradition for mending broken ceramics; Kintsugi
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Kintsugi is the art-form of mending the breaks with lustrous gold (or silver) infused into urushi lacquer.
It offers new creative possibilities from an unfortunate event by transforming a treasured but broken item to a new level of artistry, beauty and value higher than its original intrinsic value.
A unique layer of beauty, character, potential and history, is imputed to the item, giving it a whole new “life” as a piece of especially cherished and beautiful piece of art; qualities it may never have previously enjoyed.
These new qualities are a beautiful result from the process of brokenness to restoration.
As a china and porcelain restorer for over 20 years, I take pride in restoring to as visually near perfect as possible.
I am intrigued by Kintsugi's non-Western concept of celebrating the repair and making a feature and art form from it. It was a complete reversal of mind set for me.
I see it not a celebration of brokenness and tragedy, but as a new beauty birthed through the process of restoration.
I use the time honored and traditional Japanese method with urushi lacquer and gold, as well as a more contemporary method which can be less labor intensive and a more affordable solution.
Please view my Kintsugi Gallery here. Some items are for sale, and others are records of commissioned pieces. Each piece is genuinly broken and restored. Feel free to reach out if you have any enquires.
It offers new creative possibilities from an unfortunate event by transforming a treasured but broken item to a new level of artistry, beauty and value higher than its original intrinsic value.
A unique layer of beauty, character, potential and history, is imputed to the item, giving it a whole new “life” as a piece of especially cherished and beautiful piece of art; qualities it may never have previously enjoyed.
These new qualities are a beautiful result from the process of brokenness to restoration.
As a china and porcelain restorer for over 20 years, I take pride in restoring to as visually near perfect as possible.
I am intrigued by Kintsugi's non-Western concept of celebrating the repair and making a feature and art form from it. It was a complete reversal of mind set for me.
I see it not a celebration of brokenness and tragedy, but as a new beauty birthed through the process of restoration.
I use the time honored and traditional Japanese method with urushi lacquer and gold, as well as a more contemporary method which can be less labor intensive and a more affordable solution.
Please view my Kintsugi Gallery here. Some items are for sale, and others are records of commissioned pieces. Each piece is genuinly broken and restored. Feel free to reach out if you have any enquires.