Tuesday, June 4, 2024

Repairing a mug with Japanese kintsugi #ArtTuesday

Fredrik Flornes Ellertsen provides a tutorial for Japanese kintsugi, repairing ceramics with a distinctive gold finish. Fredrik’s special mug was the target:

Kintsugi is the traditional Japanese art of repairing broken pottery. In Kintsugi, one uses natural lacquer mixed with various ingredients such as wood powder, polishing compound, and even bread dough to repair cracked pottery. The mended joints are then highlighted by dusting the final layer of lacquer with gold or silver.

See how this method is used to save precious objects and make new unique art pieces in the tutorial here.

 

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