Kintsugi: The Wabi Sabi Art of Japanese Ceramic Repair
When your favorite cup is broken, kitsugi can bring new life. Instead of lamenting the breakage embrace and love the opportunity to create something new and beautiful through mending. This is the appeal of kintsugi.
Kintsugi is the mindful Japanese art of repairing broken ceramics and glassware by appreciating the cracks and chips as design elements—bringing new life to cherished items. Kintsugi:The Wabi Sabi Art of Japanese Ceramic Repair shares traditional methods you can practice in your own home. Step-by-step lessons in repairs suited to every level of experiences—filling cracks to completely rebuilding and finishing a broken piece—fill the pages of this in-depth yet unintimidating guide.
Ceramics and lacquer guru Kaori Mochinaga offers a complete course in using urushi lacquer and metallic powder in the traditional Japanese way. Your broken piece soon becomes whole again, and more meaningful than ever before.
From assessing the damages and selecting the repair methods, to applying the finishing touches, you’ll learn all the essential kintsugi techniques, including:
How to seal a fine crack or repair a chipped rimTechniques for rebuilding a shard, restoring a handle, even reconstructing a multi-shard pieceAnd much more—and all of it with the use of non-toxic lacquers and powders
There’s something here for every type of repair—from clean, simple breaks to more challenging reconstructions as you learn the techniques. Assemble your tools, set up your workspace, and let this book guide you through the mindful art of kintsugi!
From the Publisher
Professional Guidance
This book contains step-by-step instructions and a complete, thorough guide to practicing Kintsugi from home.
Author Kaori Mochinaga is a ceramic artist who practices kintsugi and actively teaches others how to as well. With her guidance you will learn:
The Tools and Supplies Needed How to Repair Small Fragments How to Mend Cracks & Fragments Complex Repairs, and more!
What is Kintsugi?
Practical, Mindful, and Fulfilling
At its simplest, Kintsugi is a practical art for repairing broken wares, chips, cracks and completely broken items. Using urushi lacquer and metallic powder your broken piece becomes whole again—more beautiful and meaningful than ever before.
The appeal of kintsugi extends far beyond its practicality. Offering an opportunity to heal both self and item, kintsugi requires patience, mindfulness, and an acceptance of the damage in order to create new beauty.
Deliberate and slow, Kintsugi fosters a mindfulness that benefits mind, body, spirit, and your broken item Urushi lacquer, considered a “natural glue” is food safe so you can feel comfortable repairing your favorite dishes, bowls, and ceramics Learn to appreciate the cracks and chips as design elements and broaden your creativity
Repairing Small Fragments
Oribe-Style Glazed Small Bowl: How to Carefully Repair Small Chips Along the Rim of the BowlSoto-Yakishime Bowl: Protect Unglazed Vessels with Masking TapeWhite Porcelain Drape Cup: How to Apply Diluted Ki-urushi Before Sabi-tsukeWhite Porcelain Flower-Shaped Small Dish: Using Chipped Pieces as Part of the Repair
Mending Cracks
Cracked Porcelain – White Porcelain Cup: Allowing the Urushi to Seep into the CrackDifferent Types of Cracks: Noticing the Beauty in the Accidental Fracture as You Engage in the Repair
Mending Fragments
Oribe-Style Glazed Fin Cup: After Applying the Mugi-urushi, Fuse with HumiditySometsuke Rice Bowl: Temporarily Hold Fragments in Place, then Glue with Mugi-urushiIron Glaze Mortar: File the Edges When a Fragment Does Not Fit Well
Complex Repairs
Oribe-Style Glazed Small Bowl: Fill Large Chips with Strong Kokuso-urushi PuttyWhite Mug: Use Hemp Thread to Reinforce a Mended HandleWhite Kohiki Pot with HandleRakuyaki Matcha Bowl: Creating “Blocks” of Glued Fragments Mending Glass
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing (March 7, 2023)
Language : English
Paperback : 128 pages
ISBN-10 : 4805317213
ISBN-13 : 978-4805317211
Item Weight : 1.25 pounds
Dimensions : 7.5 x 0.5 x 10 inches
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When your favorite cup is broken, kitsugi can bring new life. Instead of lamenting the breakage embrace and love the opportunity to create something new and beautiful through mending. This is the appeal of kintsugi.
Kintsugi is the mindful Japanese art of repairing broken ceramics and glassware by appreciating the cracks and chips as design elements—bringing new life to cherished items. Kintsugi:The Wabi Sabi Art of Japanese Ceramic Repair shares traditional methods you can practice in your own home. Step-by-step lessons in repairs suited to every level of experiences—filling cracks to completely rebuilding and finishing a broken piece—fill the pages of this in-depth yet unintimidating guide.
Ceramics and lacquer guru Kaori Mochinaga offers a complete course in using urushi lacquer and metallic powder in the traditional Japanese way. Your broken piece soon becomes whole again, and more meaningful than ever before.
From assessing the damages and selecting the repair methods, to applying the finishing touches, you’ll learn all the essential kintsugi techniques, including:
How to seal a fine crack or repair a chipped rimTechniques for rebuilding a shard, restoring a handle, even reconstructing a multi-shard pieceAnd much more—and all of it with the use of non-toxic lacquers and powders
There’s something here for every type of repair—from clean, simple breaks to more challenging reconstructions as you learn the techniques. Assemble your tools, set up your workspace, and let this book guide you through the mindful art of kintsugi!
From the Publisher
Professional Guidance
This book contains step-by-step instructions and a complete, thorough guide to practicing Kintsugi from home.
Author Kaori Mochinaga is a ceramic artist who practices kintsugi and actively teaches others how to as well. With her guidance you will learn:
The Tools and Supplies Needed How to Repair Small Fragments How to Mend Cracks & Fragments Complex Repairs, and more!
What is Kintsugi?
Practical, Mindful, and Fulfilling
At its simplest, Kintsugi is a practical art for repairing broken wares, chips, cracks and completely broken items. Using urushi lacquer and metallic powder your broken piece becomes whole again—more beautiful and meaningful than ever before.
The appeal of kintsugi extends far beyond its practicality. Offering an opportunity to heal both self and item, kintsugi requires patience, mindfulness, and an acceptance of the damage in order to create new beauty.
Deliberate and slow, Kintsugi fosters a mindfulness that benefits mind, body, spirit, and your broken item Urushi lacquer, considered a “natural glue” is food safe so you can feel comfortable repairing your favorite dishes, bowls, and ceramics Learn to appreciate the cracks and chips as design elements and broaden your creativity
Repairing Small Fragments
Oribe-Style Glazed Small Bowl: How to Carefully Repair Small Chips Along the Rim of the BowlSoto-Yakishime Bowl: Protect Unglazed Vessels with Masking TapeWhite Porcelain Drape Cup: How to Apply Diluted Ki-urushi Before Sabi-tsukeWhite Porcelain Flower-Shaped Small Dish: Using Chipped Pieces as Part of the Repair
Mending Cracks
Cracked Porcelain – White Porcelain Cup: Allowing the Urushi to Seep into the CrackDifferent Types of Cracks: Noticing the Beauty in the Accidental Fracture as You Engage in the Repair
Mending Fragments
Oribe-Style Glazed Fin Cup: After Applying the Mugi-urushi, Fuse with HumiditySometsuke Rice Bowl: Temporarily Hold Fragments in Place, then Glue with Mugi-urushiIron Glaze Mortar: File the Edges When a Fragment Does Not Fit Well
Complex Repairs
Oribe-Style Glazed Small Bowl: Fill Large Chips with Strong Kokuso-urushi PuttyWhite Mug: Use Hemp Thread to Reinforce a Mended HandleWhite Kohiki Pot with HandleRakuyaki Matcha Bowl: Creating “Blocks” of Glued Fragments Mending Glass
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing (March 7, 2023)
Language : English
Paperback : 128 pages
ISBN-10 : 4805317213
ISBN-13 : 978-4805317211
Item Weight : 1.25 pounds
Dimensions : 7.5 x 0.5 x 10 inches
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