Kintsugi is based on the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi, which is about finding beauty in the imperfect
(Picture: Visual Marvelry)If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, so the saying goes. But what if ‘it’ is a) actually broken and b) a treasured ceramic piece? That’s where the Japanese art form of kintsugi comes in.
Roughly translating as ‘joining with gold’, the ancient repair technique uses urushi lacquer and powdered gold to restore broken teaware, based on the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi: finding beauty in the imperfect.
