Kintsugi: the poetic mend

Cracks made whole in a golden repair ...and Nekowaride -- Beautiful joins ...and kintsugi in Arizona -- Four historic elements ...and a famous temper -- Materials and techniques ...and a collaboration -- Cracks, breaks and reconstructions: kintsugi in contemporary use ...and a visit to Goro -- A met...

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1. Verfasser: Kemske, Bonnie (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London ; Oxford ; New York ; New Delhi ; Sydney Herbert Press 2021
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Zusammenfassung:Cracks made whole in a golden repair ...and Nekowaride -- Beautiful joins ...and kintsugi in Arizona -- Four historic elements ...and a famous temper -- Materials and techniques ...and a collaboration -- Cracks, breaks and reconstructions: kintsugi in contemporary use ...and a visit to Goro -- A metaphoric world ...and a kintsugi repair
A broken pot is made whole again, and within its golden repair we see a world of meaning. Kintsugi is the art of embracing imperfection.00In Western cultures, the aim of repair has been to make the broken item 'as good as new'. Kintsugi on the other hand, is a Japanese art that leaves an obvious repair ? one that may appear fragile, but which actually makes the restored ceramic piece stronger, more beautiful, and more valuable than before. Leaving clear, bold, visible lines with the appearance of solid gold, it never hides the story of the object's damage.00'Kintsugi' traces memory, bringing together the moment of destruction and the gold seams of repair through finely-honed skills and painstaking, time-consuming labour in the creation of a new pot from the old. There is a story to be told with every crack, every chip. This story inevitably leads to kintsugi's greatest strength. an intimate metaphoric narrative of loss and recovery, breakage and restoration, tragedy and the ability to overcome it. A kintsugi repair speaks of individuality and uniqueness, fortitude and resilience, and the beauty to be found in survival. 'Kintsugi' leads us to a respectful and appreciative acceptance of hardship and ageing
Beschreibung:175 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781912217991
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