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Kintsugi and Fracture

Broken pieces repaired with gold: the fracture is kept visible and becomes the drawing of the object.

Kintsugi and Fracture
Discipline
Ceramics
Year
2018–2026
Technique
Raku, kintsugi repair
Material
Stoneware, gold lacquer
01 — Idea

Raku produces failures. Instead of discarding them, the break is treated as information about the piece.

02 — Process

Fragments are re-joined and the seam is finished in gold, so the history of the object stays legible.

03 — Result

Bowls and shards where the repair is the most precise line in the work.

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