Description
Description
Kintsugi (golden joinery) is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold or silver. This ancient artform is based on the philosophy of embracing the flawed or imperfect. Highlighting the cracks and repairs as simply an event in the life of an object rather than allowing its service to end at the time of its damage or breakage.
This May, JTA are lucky enough to host Ai Shimizu, a Kyoto-based Kintsugi practitioner who is already a part of the JTA family. She has painstakingly developed the Kintsugi SEED kit which has now been enjoyed by our customers for over a year.
Ai-san has exhibited her work in Japan and internationally, as well as teaching throughout Japan and France.
The four class options over the weekend of workshops, delve into the Kintsugi fundamentals - repairing cracks (ware) or the broken vessel (kake). Select one session or receive a 10% discount for two sessions.
All workshops will be held at our Kogarah (Sydney) showroom with all materials included as well as light refreshments.
Try Kintsugi at Home - Limited Stock
Description
Description
Kintsugi is an ancient Japanese technique for repairing cracks and chips in pottery with lacquer and decorating with gold or silver.
This kit from URUJYU is made with natural traditional ingredients such as tokusa plant which has been used since ancient times to polish thanks to its rough surface, lacquer extracted from lacquer trees, pure gold and silver, safe for the human body.
This Kintsugi Kit was born thanks to the interaction with our students of the Kintsugi class that I have been teaching for more than ten years. It contains easy-to-use quantities of materials and tools to be used at home with a text and video (Kintsugi Urujyu on Youtube).
Using only Ki-urushi lacquer, the most natural type of lacquer, made of lacquer sap from which we removed impurities. To repair broken pottery, we mix earth with lacquer to fill a crack, then put some flour and sawdust in order to refill said broken part. The ivory-colored lacquer freshly taken from lacquer trees changes to a transparent candy-color in the air. It turns red when naturel pigment such as Bengara is added. Make your own color from natural lacquer.
Like when we sew a button that has fallen off with a needle and thread, the Kintsugi allows us to mend our precious porcelain items when they are broken. We hope that this lifestyle becomes usual. We made this kit keeping this in mind.
Materials:
Basic lacquer, Makie powder (gold and silver keshi-fun), Tonoko (clay powder), Bengara (red pigment), Sawdust, Flour
Tools:
Spatula, Paint brush, Sprinkle brush, Glass plate, Bottle for oil, Sand paper (#400＃800＃1500), Tokusa Plant, Silk cotton, Pipette, Masking tape, Measuring spoon, Toothpicks and Gloves
Kintsugi SEED Kit is backordered and will ship as soon as it is back in stock.
