Kintsugi

🔩✨ Embrace the BEAUTY OF IMPERFECTIONS with Kintsugi 🇯🇵

This ancient Japanese art of ‘golden repair’ or ‘golden joinery’ uses resin mixed with gold, silver, or platinum powder TO MEND ceramic fractures. 

🏺💔 Instead of hiding flaws, Kintsugi philosophy CELEBRATES THE HISTORY AND TRANSFORMATION of objects, making them even more beautiful. 🌟💫

🕰️ Dating back to the 15th century, Kintsugi’s story begins when Shōgun Ashikaga Yoshimasa sent his beloved tea bowls to China for repairs. However, the metal staples used in the first attempt left them unsightly and unpleasant. Seeking a better solution, Japanese artisans turned this repair into an exquisite form of art. 🎎🍵

💡 This technique and its approach to object repair gained so much admiration that some were even accused of intentionally breaking ceramics to showcase the beauty of their restoration! 🎨

The cracks and repairs are part of the OBJECT’S HISTORY and should be celebrated instead of hidden. Remember that the complexity of repairs can give NEW VALUE to objects, surpassing even the untouched ones. 🏆

Let’s love and ACCEPT OURSELVES AS WE ARE, even with our flaws, and turnthem into something AMAZING and SPECIAL! 💓