Kintsugi Repair Kit Uk
New kintsugi combines this lovely old technique with new technology.
Kintsugi repair kit uk. Anyone can make beautiful kintsugi art kintsugi or kintsukuroi is the japanese art of putting broken potteryporcelainwooden pieces of a valuable object back together with gold. You can repair 10 20 of broken potteries with 1 kintsugi repair kit urushi lacquer is made from tree sap and it has been used for 9000 years by japanese lacquer masters as a glue putty or paint. Ive been curious about the technique for a long time so when claudia from the shop mora approved offered to send a kintsugi repair kit my way i jumped at the chance to give it a try. She also sent me a second kit to.
The outcome can be quite beautiful in its own right and you can easily create the look yourself with a diy kintsugi kit. The gold glue is epoxy based and can also be used to fix wood china glass ceramic etc. You can buy pottery now that has been artfully restored using this technique or even pay someone to do it for you. Welcome to the online shop of the atelier kintsugi where myriam greff presents her services as well as kintsugi restored potteries and sculptures for sale.
Kintsugi is an old japanese art of fixing broken pottery with gold new kintsugi is a new way of gluing porcelain based on the original kintsugi technique. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. The ancient japanese art of kintsugi which means golden joinery is all about turning ugly breaks into beautiful fixes proposing that repair can make things better than new. The coarseness of the repair spurred the japanese craftsman on to find a more elegant repair solution.
With our complete kintsugi repair kit with real urushi lacquers you can easily repair damaged objects in a traditional japanese repairing method. By mending broken objects the marks and scars of the item and emphasised giving it a new persp. 2 x 15g japanese urushi lacquers 2 x. As a heritage restorer i only work following the traditional kintsugi restore technique using noble materials such as 22k gold and urushi lacquer.
The diy kit contains the following kintsugi supplies one of these ceramic repair kits has enough kintsugi supplies that can repair approximately eight normal plates as you can see per the images with 3 full cracks. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade vintage and one of a kind products and gifts related to your search. Kintsugi is an old japanese art of fixing broken pottery with lacquer dusted and mixed with gold silver or platinum. With the new kintsugi repair kit you not only get to salvage that beloved chipped or broken ceramic plate but you also get to reinvigorate it with this gorgeous gold filler.