{"id":20673,"date":"2022-01-04T15:45:05","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T15:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cursist-home.maarevenonline.nl\/kintsugi-or-the-art-of-repairing\/"},"modified":"2025-02-06T18:38:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T18:38:24","slug":"kintsugi-or-the-art-of-repairing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cursist-home.maarevenonline.nl\/en\/kintsugi-or-the-art-of-repairing\/","title":{"rendered":"Kintsugi or the art of repairing"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"20673\" class=\"elementor elementor-20673 elementor-1532\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8b813d8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8b813d8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6302393\" data-id=\"6302393\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f05872 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f05872\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The art is in showing and even highlighting the scars, rather than hiding them. The technique can also be seen as a metaphor for healing emotional wounds.<\/p>\n<p>The word kintsugi (\u91d1\u7d99\u304e) comes from the Japanese kin (gold) and atsugi (connection), and thus literally means &#8220;golden connection. In Japanese beauty doctrine, the marks of breakage and repair contribute to the beauty of an object. Kintsugi was developed in Japan in the late 15th century and over time also practiced in China, Vietnam and Korea.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a7bb486 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a7bb486\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8213622\" data-id=\"8213622\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f47d92 dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7f47d92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"358\" height=\"220\" src=\"https:\/\/cursist-home.maarevenonline.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Kintsugi-of-de-kunst-van-het-repareren-.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3724\" alt=\"Een kom met Kintsugi\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cursist-home.maarevenonline.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Kintsugi-of-de-kunst-van-het-repareren-.webp 358w, https:\/\/cursist-home.maarevenonline.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Kintsugi-of-de-kunst-van-het-repareren--300x184.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1d17c2c\" data-id=\"1d17c2c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f042cd8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f042cd8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The technique is an expression of the philosophical movement wabi sabi, a Buddhist worldview that emphasizes the beauty of imperfection and impermanence. The shards of a broken piece are glued back together with Urusei lacquer, the holes of missing pieces are filled with Urushi paste. On that urushi, a thin layer of precious metal is then sprinkled in gold, silver or platinum.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ed7a8a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4ed7a8a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d3d3e8f\" data-id=\"d3d3e8f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-66ee156 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"66ee156\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a38eda3\" data-id=\"a38eda3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2851fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e2851fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In Japanese doctrine, the object thus becomes more valuable after the repair than before. The restoration highlights the fault lines and thus the history of the object, making it more precious. The same reasoning can apply to ourselves. Our past leaves its mark in our hearts, our bodies, our souls. They witness everything we experience.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-c6531e1\" data-id=\"c6531e1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8398af3 dce_masking-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8398af3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"221\" src=\"https:\/\/cursist-home.maarevenonline.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Urushi-pasta.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3726\" alt=\"Twee handen houden een kom vast die herstelt werd volgens de kintsugi methode\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cursist-home.maarevenonline.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Urushi-pasta.webp 354w, https:\/\/cursist-home.maarevenonline.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Urushi-pasta-300x187.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1e4544 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d1e4544\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The art then consists in leaving the cracks and fissures visible and not wanting to hide them, turning them into golden scars, so to speak, that make us stronger, more beautiful and more valuable. We do not need to hide our imperfections and scars because they tell the story of our lives. Comforting thought, isn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing shards of ceramic or porcelain with gold or silver lacquer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"What is kintsugi and how does it work? | Cursist","_seopress_titles_desc":"Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing shards of ceramic or porcelain with gold or silver lacquer. Want to know more? 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