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    Kintsugi at the House of St Barnabas

    March 20, 2017
    colourliving blog // kintsugi at the House of St Barnabas

    What did you do on Saturday? Well, I spent a wonderful couple of hours learning Kintsugi – the ancient Japanese art of fixing broken pottery with gold! I loved this imperfect repair method and am now completely smitten!

    colourliving blog // kintsugi at the House of St Barnabas

    I don’t know about you but I’ve always worried about breaking ceramics. I just wish I would have known about Kintsugi years ago.

    colourliving blog // kintsugi at the House of St Barnabas // repaired bowl

    We were all asked to bring something broken.

    colourliving blog // kintsugi at the House of St Barnabas // broken pottery

    Lotte, who came from Amsterdam to teach us, runs humade, a product design studio. Here Lotte explained how to mix the glue before applying the gold powder.

    colourliving blog // kintsugi at the House of St Barnabas// Lotte

    The kits were developed by humane and can be bought in their shop.

    colourliving blog // kintsugi at the House of St Barnabas // repair kit

    colourliving blog // kintsugi at the House of St Barnabas //repair kit content

    Loved seeing what other people brought with them to repair.

    colourliving blog // kintsugi at the House of St Barnabas // plate

    colourliving blog // kintsugi at the House of St Barnabas // pitcher

    colourliving blog // kintsugi at the House of St Barnabas // dog sculpture

    I actually didn’t have anything broken at home so was greatful that the House of St Barnabas let me have a broken milk jar I could repair and take home with me.

    colourliving blog // kintsugi at the House of St Barnabas // milk jug

    What I’m most excited about is that I no longer fear breaking any of my ceramics or porcelain. In fact, I can’t wait to apply this method again and the kit, which we all got to take home, will last for ages.

    All photography © Tina Bernstein

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