Art Craft
#ceramics #embroidery #kintsugi
Artist Mimics Japanese ‘Kintsugi’ Technique to Repair Broken Vases with Embroidery
Brighton-based artist Charlotte Bailey was fascinated by the traditional Japanese mending technique called kintsugi, where a broken ceramic object is repaired with gold, silver or platinum, to accentuate the damage and ‘honor’ its history. In this interpretation, Bailey utilizes an embroidery method to reassemble a broken vase—a sort of hybrid between kintsugi and darning with a beautiful result. She first wraps each broken piece in fabric and then uses gold metallic thread to painstakingly patchwork the pieces together. While the process isn’t meant to make the vase functional again, it does produce a striking sculptural object. We’d love to see many more of these. You can follow more of her embroidery work on Facebook.
Update: Artist Zoe Hillyard has been using a similar technique to create ceramic patchwork since 2010.
#ceramics #embroidery #kintsugi
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