My re-built or restored pots are grounded and inspired by in the Japanese art of Kintsugi  where broken or cracked pots are repaired with resin mixed or dusted with gold.  Missing pieces are replaced with other sections of clay, glass or found objects "Yobitsugi Kintsugi" or  呼び継ぎ. The Japanese and others have come to cherish the imperfection of a broken pot fixed this way. It is seen as a creative addition and or re-birth to the pot’s life story. When creatively done, it contributes to the pots life and history, making it more beautiful and precious. The ideal of wabi-sabi  fits well with this restoration and re-birth idea.   My techniques vary considerably from the traditional Kintsugi process.       Click here See one example my process. 

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This page is devoted to an ongoing series of pottery that has broken, cracked or is missing pieces. They have been repaired, restored and re-born using gold, copper or silver leaf, cement, epoxies, copper and brass, stained glass, copper and bronze powder and acrylics. The joinery and additions include copper, bronze, iron, as well as hand wrought copper and brass staples and rivets, found and recycled objects.  All quite unique and one-of-a-kind. The works created in this manner are sculptural, aesthetic and meditative statements. They are not suitable for fluids or food.

This process supports the the Japanese idea of Wabi-sabi and can change our perception of the world to the extent that a chip or crack in a vase makes it more interesting and gives the object a history and a greater meditative value..

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The work and links in this Kintsugi gallery may also be listed in other galleries on this site depending on the techniques used in the original firing.