Kintsugi uses lacquer resin mixed with powdered gold silver platinum copper or bronze resulting into something more beautiful than the original.
Japanese art of mending broken ceramics with gold.
Kintsugi is said to have originated in the 15th century when a japanese shogun broke a favorite tea bowl and sent it back to china to be fixed.
Kintsugi is the japanese art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold built on the idea that in embracing flaws and imperfections you can create an even stronger more.
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The name of the technique is derived from the words kin golden and tsugi joinery which translate to mean golden repair.
The artisans who would mend these broken tea bowls as well as other ceramic vessels used in tea ceremonies were japanese lacquer masters who were trained in various techniques of the lacquer arts.
Kintsugi is a centuries old japanese art of repairing broken pottery and transforming it into a new work of art with gold the traditional metal used in kintsugi.
The 400 year old japanese art of kintsugi golden repair or kintsukuroi golden joinery is a pottery repair method that honors the artifact s unique history by emphasizing not hiding the break an art form born from mottainai the feeling of regret when something is wasted the cracks are seamed with lacquer resin and powdered gold silver or platinum and often reference natural.
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.
This traditional japanese art uses a precious metal liquid gold liquid silver or lacquer dusted with powdered gold to bring together the pieces of a broken pottery item and at the same time enhance the breaks.
In addition to kintsugi their skills may have included maki e a technique for painting fine gold or silver florals and landscapes onto.