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Perfection is Nonsense

In Japan, when prized ceramics, especially those associated with chanoyu (the tea ceremony), were broken or damaged, they would be mended...

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The Centuries-Old Japanese Tradition of Mending Broken Ceramics with Gold

Some four or five centuries ago in Japan, a lavish technique emerged for repairing broken ceramics. Artisans began using lacquer and gold pi

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THE TEABOWL : EAST AND WEST by Bonnie Kemske

The teabowl has become an iconic form in contemporary ceramics. Having travelled from Japan, where it was an inherent part of chanoyu, or...

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EASTERN PHILOSOPHY - KINTSUGI

"Kintsugi is the remarkable Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with elegance and grace - a tradition with a lot to teach us more...

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