(Bison Kintsugi technique)
(Tectonic Repair technique)
Some readers of this blog may remember an entry I posted earlier this year on the art of Wabi-Sabi: The Japanese concept of "imperfect beauty," ... an embrace of imperfections, to say the least. Well, today I came across an artist by the name of Lotte Dekker, who is taking this concept to another level!
Lotte Dekker developed a new technique for repairing porcelain based on kintsugi (literally golden joinery in Japanese), a 15th century Japanese technique that repairs porcelain with gold leafing. It became so popular during its peak that people deliberately broke their own pottery so they also could have it "repaired."
Dekker's technique, called "Bison Kintsugi," is kintsugi in spirit, but instead uses modern-day Bison glue and inexpensive gold powder to achieve similar results. Dekker also another technique she calls "Tectonic Repair," using a kneadable glue that widens and essentially reshapes the cracks. By reshaping the crack, instead of denying it, the object is allowed to become a new form altogether. And may I add that this technique is highly green, which only adds to the relevance of incorporating the concept in our design solutions today.
A fascination for challenging aesthetics continues...
-S
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