kintsugi

In the pottery practice of Kintsugi (“golden joinery”) or Kintsukuroi (“golden repair”), broken pottery is mended by applying lacquer mixed with powdered gold to the areas of breakage.

Breakages are emphasized rather than hidden. As a philosophy, Kintsugi treats breakage and repair一hurt and healing一as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise.

This work was published as a photo and text essay in the February 2020 edition of the Swarthmore Review