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Kintsugi is the traditional Japanese process of giving new life to broken objects by mending the shattered pieces with gold. The pottery is repaired using a liquid gold or a lacquer dusted with either powdered gold, silver, or platinum. The idea is poetic and simple, a concept of embracing damage to create something better from something broken. The art form is reflected in the Japanese philosophy and aesthetic of Wabi-Sabi, which honors and accepts the beauty of imperfections. The idea is not to find beauty in the traditional western ideals of symmetry and continuity but rather in the Buddhist concept of impermanence and imperfection. The cracks in a ceramic bowl don’t represent the end of that object’s life, but rather a fractured moment in its history. An object’s flaws are essentially highlighted with gold, making the object stronger and more

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