Nothing is ever truly broken (A lesson for life)
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Nothing is ever truly broken (A lesson for life)
Kintsugi - Some of you may of heard about this and some of you not I was introduced to this originally through Dee74 and it has just come up on a programme were watching and it reminded me how this artform not only repairs broken pottery but is a great metaphor for life & recovery ...
Broken a pot ? Copy the Japanese and fix it with gold
Nothing is ever truly broken, that's the philosophy behind the ancient Japanese art of Kintsugi which repairs smashed pottery by using beautiful seams of gold.
To celebrate BBC TWO's The Great Pottery Thrown Down we explain how this 500-year-old technique not only restores functionality to broken pots, but is a useful lesson for life.
BBC Arts - Get Creative - Broken a pot? Copy the Japanese and fix it with gold
Broken a pot ? Copy the Japanese and fix it with gold
Nothing is ever truly broken, that's the philosophy behind the ancient Japanese art of Kintsugi which repairs smashed pottery by using beautiful seams of gold.
To celebrate BBC TWO's The Great Pottery Thrown Down we explain how this 500-year-old technique not only restores functionality to broken pots, but is a useful lesson for life.
BBC Arts - Get Creative - Broken a pot? Copy the Japanese and fix it with gold
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