Kintsugi

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  Kintsugi: The Poetic Mend

  By Bonnie Kemske

  ... Windows on the Japanese Past: Studies in Archaeology and Prehistory, Richard J. Pearson, Gina Lee Barnes and Karl L. Hutterer (eds.) ... Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art (Cornell University) and Museum für Lackkunst (Münster), 2008.

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  Kintsugi: The Japanese Art of Embracing the Imperfect and Loving Your Flaws

  By Tomás Navarro

  But in the Japanese art of kintsugi, that’s where the creation of beauty begins—in the delicate re-joining and mending of shards with loving attention. Psychologist Tomás Navarro encourages us to approach our lives in the same way.

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  Kintsugi: Embrace Your Imperfections and Find Happiness - the Japanese Way

  By Tomás Navarro

  Japanese Kintsugi masters delicately patch up broken ceramics with gold adhesive, leaving the restoration clearly visible to others. Psychologist Tomás Navarro believes that we should approach our lives with the same philosophy.

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  Kintsugi: The Wabi Sabi Art of Japanese Ceramic Repair

  By Kaori Mochinaga

  When your favorite cup is broken, kitsugi can bring new life. Instead of lamenting the breakage embrace and love the opportunity to create something new and beautiful through mending. This is the appeal of kintsugi.

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  Kintsugi: The Poetic Mend

  By Bonnie Kemske

  It is also being presented as a model for sustainability. This book explains what traditional kintsugi is and how it is done, giving historical examples and using interviews of traditional kintsugi masters in Japan.