Kintsugi: The Wabi Sabi Art of Japanese Ceramic Repair by Kaori Mochinaga (Engli

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Kintsugi: The Wabi Sabi Art of Japanese Ceramic Repair by Kaori Mochinaga When your favourite cup is broken, kitsugi can bring new life. Instead of lamenting the breakage embrace and love the opportunity to create something new and beautiful through mending. This is the appeal of kintsugi.Kintsugi is the mindful Japanese art of repairing broken ceramics and glassware by appreciating the cracks and chips as design elements - bringing new life to cherished items. Kintsugi:The Wabi Sabi Art of Japanese Ceramic Repair shares traditional methods you can practice in your own home. Step-by-step lessons in repairs suited to every level of experiences - filling cracks to completely rebuilding and finishing a broken piece - fill the pages of this in-depth yet unintimidating guide.Ceramics and lacquer guru Kaori Mochinaga offers a complete course in using urushi lacquer and metallic powder in the traditional Japanese way. Your broken piece soon becomes whole again, and more meaningful than ever before.From assessing the damages and selecting the repair methods, to applying the finishing touches, youll learn all the essential kintsugi techniques, including:How to seal a fine crack or repair a chipped rimTechniques for rebuilding a shard, restoring a handle, even reconstructing a multi-shard pieceAnd much more - and all of it with the use of non-toxic lacquers and powders FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Kaori Mochinaga is a creator of ceramic art who has repaired and restored countless pieces over the past twenty years. She is a teacher whose instruction has appeared in all forms of Japanese media. In 2014, she joined forces with popular home goods vendor D & Department Tokyo to foster the repair of valued ceramic and glass pieces. Her site Monotsugi (monokintsugi.com) offers professional restoration services for clients with complex repairs or who request special finishes. Review "From the appeal of kintsugi to the finished repairs, the author takes readers on a journey through the loving restoration of pottery both antique and modern." --Library Journal Long Description When your favourite cup is broken, kitsugi can bring new life. Instead of lamenting the breakage embrace and love the opportunity to create something new and beautiful through mending. This is the appeal of kintsugi. Kintsugi is the mindful Japanese art of repairing broken ceramics and glassware by appreciating the cracks and chips as design elements -- bringing new life to cherished items. Kintsugi:The Wabi Sabi Art of Japanese Ceramic Repair shares traditional methods you can practice in your own home. Step-by-step lessons in repairs suited to every level of experiences -- filling cracks to completely rebuilding and finishing a broken piece -- fill the pages of this in-depth yet unintimidating guide. Ceramics and lacquer guru Kaori Mochinaga offers a complete course in using urushi lacquer and metallic powder in the traditional Japanese way. Your broken piece soon becomes whole again, and more meaningful than ever before. From assessing the damages and selecting the repair methods, to applying the finishing touches, youll learn all the essential kintsugi techniques, including: How to seal a fine crack or repair a chipped rim Techniques for rebuilding a shard, restoring a handle, even reconstructing a multi-shard piece And much more -- and all of it with the use of non-toxic lacquers and powders Description for Sales People Kintsugi is closely associated with the Wabi Sabi, mindfulness, recycling and visible mending movements, which teach us to appreciate old and imperfect objects Kintsugi: the Wabi Sabi Art of Japanese Ceramic Repair is a practical, reasonably-priced guide showing traditional techniques that can be practiced at home The tools and materials are all available online, in pottery supply stores and even online sites dedicated to Kintsugi Tuttles first book A Beginners Guide to Kintsugi was a beginner introduction and an inspirational book, this title is more of a master class, explaining more involved techniques and processes Kintsugi is a popular topic in the media, appearing in the New York Times, Forbes, Psychology Today, the Evening Standard , and more in 2022 Kintsugi is popular on social media: the top 3 kintsugi hashtags on Instagram have appeared on 350,000 posts. On TikTok, the #kintsugi hashtag has garnered over 86 million views Stylist magazine says, "The time and care involved in a Kintsugi piece combined with its eco-friendly ethos and love of flaws, an antidote for a society infatuated with perfection, is exactly what we need. Plus, it looks stunning." Details ISBN4805317213 Pages 128 Publisher Tuttle Publishing Language English Year 2023 ISBN-10 4805317213 ISBN-13 9784805317211 Format Paperback Publication Date 2023-03-07 Imprint Tuttle Publishing UK Release Date 2023-03-07 Author Kaori Mochinaga Place of Publication Boston Country of Publication United States Illustrations over 400 instructional color photos NZ Release Date 2023-03-07 US Release Date 2023-03-07 DEWEY 738.18 Audience General AU Release Date 2023-03-31 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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