Kintsugi is an ancient Japanese technique of preparing precious ceramics using gold. Porcelain is valuable, in part, because it is fragile. It is delicate and thus weak. The Japanese have appreciated porcelain for centuries and, although they have surely been careful, tea pots have been broken. What does one do when a

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Use this ancient Japanese method of repairing broken pottery to give new life and beauty to your valuables.

Korean artist Yeesookyung masterfully produces imperfect sculptures, bulbous yet elegant works composed from mismatched porcelain. The series, titled “Translated Vase,” was first inspired by the Korean artisan tradition of destroying porcelain works that are not deemed pristine, and she has continued to make the fused pieces since 2001. Intrigued by these tossed aside works and shards, Yee began saving fragmented tea cups and pots rejected by contemporary masters. Honoring the works’…

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Kintsugi examples of the Japanese art repairing broken pottery and ceramic objects with gold