Kintsugi: Using Gold to Fix Broken Pottery into New Art

Kintsugi is an art form that uses gold to mend broken ceramics and embrace their flaws. Despite its Japanese name, its roots can be found in Chinese lacquer craft. This Chinese craftsman has been doing it for eight years, and he shows us how he repairs these items step by step.

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00:36 Roots in Chinese lacquer
01:24 Slow and steady process
04:20 Letting it dry
05:13 Kintsugi’s beauty

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Producer: Lyn Yang
Videographer: Patrick Wong
Editor: Nicholas Ko
Mastering: Victor Peña

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