The kintsugi technique suggests many things. We shouldn’t throw away broken objects. When an object breaks, it doesn’t mean that it is no longer useful. Its breakages can become valuable. We should try to repair things because sometimes in doing so we obtain more valuable objects.- resilience. Each of us should look for a way to cope with traumatic events in a positive way, learn from negative experiences, take the best from them and convince ourselves that exactly these experiences make each person unique, precious.
Kintsugi
-Kintsugi bowl
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invented around 15th century
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this practice adds value to the object
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every repaired piece is unique- they all crack in unique ways
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each object has its own story- literally and metaphorically leaving a mark from the break.
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it takes a month to repair
Ashikaga Yoshimasa, the eighth shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate after breaking his favourite cup of tea sent it to China to get it repaired. Unfortunately, at that time the objects were repaired with unsightly and impractical metal ligatures. It seemed that the cup was unrepairable but its owner decided to try to have some Japanese craftsmen repair it. They were surprised at the shogun’s steadfastness, so they decided to transform the cup into a jewel by filling its cracks with lacquered resin and powdered gold.
The legend:
I want to experiment with my own interpretation of this - I want it to represent that there is beauty in broken things and that what makes life precious is fixing yourself with your own 'gold' (filling the cracks in your life with family, hobbies, kindness)
golden (“kin”) and repair (“tsugi”)
The Japanese art of kintsugi teaches that broken objects are not something to hide but to display with pride.