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Kintsugi: The Wabi Sabi Art of Japanese Ceramic Repair
By Mochinaga, Kaori
- ISBN
- 9784805317211
- Publisher
- Tuttle
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Reviewed on February 1, 2023 | Artful Japanese Reference
Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with urushi, a lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. It treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than as something to hide. The Japanese aesthetic of wabi-sabi is the appreciation of imperfections in objects. The kintsugi method of repair not only embraces the imperfec...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
