Kintsugi (art of mending)

Kintsugi is a traditional Japanese artistic practice of repairing broken pottery with lacquer mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum. Instead of hiding cracks, it emphasizes and highlights them, turning damage into a beautiful feature. This approach celebrates imperfection and resilience, conveying that breakage and repair become part of the object's unique history. Kintsugi embodies the philosophy that flaws and scars can add value and beauty, encouraging acceptance of imperfections as a natural and meaningful aspect of life.