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Kintsugi ('golden joinery')

Last updatedUpdated: by Simon Späti · CreatedCreated: · 1 min read recently updated Recent changes 2 weeks ago published · 122 words

Kintsugi, also known as kintsukuroi (金繕い, “golden repair”), is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas.

# My Own: Chair

Not on potery, but on the broken chair that the sund brok the previous ropes. With a new clothesline I repaired the chair. Only the black metal stand was left below the ropes I added.


And another one made by my daughter:

This is how Garten Loungesessel UBBERUP natur looked before. See also at I tried Kintsugi | ssp.sh.

# Another Example by Takuya Matsuyama (devaslife)


I tried ‘Kintsugi’ on my broken speakers – Embracing the beauty of imperfection - YouTube

Origin: Ted Lasso
References: Ikigai

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