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Introduction |
| Kintsugi was developed along with the tea ceremony inherited by [link|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sen_no_Riky%C5%AB|Sen no Rikyu|new_window=true] (千利休). During [link|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sengoku_period|the Sengoku Warring States period|new_window=true] in Japan(15th and 16th Centuries) , tea utensils were given to warriors as spoils of war. Broken tea utensils were given gold or lacquer to make them more valuable than they originally were. The development of the kintsugi technique gave birth to a culture that accepted that one day they would be broken. | | | | | Sometimes you can accidentally break or chip your precious ceramics. Rather than being throwing them away, there is a more sensible way-Kintsugi, a traditional Japanese technique, can be used to successfully repair them in a casual way. The coffee you drink from a mug that you have repaired with your own hands will taste even better. |
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