Japanese Art Kintsugi
There s a meeting point where three of the highest most enriching asian philosophies.
Japanese art kintsugi. By mehk chakraborty on october 16 2019 in feature. When wabi sabi zen and mono no aware come together. As a philosophy it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object rather than something. As a philosophy it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object rather than something to disguise.
Japanese art of kintsugi involves a process by which broken ceramics are fixed using a mix of lacquer powdered gold silver or platinum heritage. The japanese art of kintsugi. Kintsugi 金継ぎ golden joinery also known as kintsukuroi 金繕い golden repair is the japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold silver or platinum a method similar to the maki e technique. A piece of pottery that has been repaired using kintsugi.
Lacquerware is a longstanding tradition in japan at some point it may have been combined. Embracing the flaws and shortcomings is an essential part of the japanese philosophy of wabi sabi 侘寂 wabi roughly translates to rustic simplicity and sabi means taking pleasure in the. The philosophy of kintsugi art.