The Japanese art of Kintsugi 金継ぎ

Kintsugi: the art of Japanese ceramics repaired with gold

Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of crack with lacquer mixed with powdered gold, and sometimes in silver or platinum giving a beautifully scarred appearance embracing the flawed or imperfect as in wabi-sabi.

Le Kintsugi ou réparer grâce à l'or

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