Kintsugi = golden joinery or Kintsukuroi = golden repair, is
the Japanese art of
fixing broken pottery
with lacquer resin dusted or
mixed with powdered gold,
silver, or platinum a method similar
to the maki-e
technique.
As a philosophy it speaks to
breakage and repair becoming part of the history of an object, rather than
something to disguise.
Not
only is there no attempt to hide the damage, but the repair is literally
illuminated.
As a philosophy kintsugi can been seen to have
similarities to the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi, an embracing of the
flawed or imperfect.
Text: Wikipedia
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