<P> Kintsugi ( 金 継ぎ , きん つぎ , `` golden joinery '' ) , also known as Kintsukuroi ( 金 繕い , きん つくろい , `` golden repair '' ) , is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold , silver , or platinum , a method similar to the maki - e technique . As a philosophy , it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object , rather than something to disguise . </P>
<P> Kintsugi ( 金 継ぎ , きん つぎ , `` golden joinery '' ) , also known as Kintsukuroi ( 金 繕い , きん つくろい , `` golden repair '' ) , is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold , silver , or platinum , a method similar to the maki - e technique . As a philosophy , it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object , rather than something to disguise . </P>
japanese art of fixing broken things with gold
japanese art of fixing broken things with gold
Kintsugi ( 金 継ぎ , きん つぎ , `` golden joinery '' ) , also known as Kintsukuroi ( 金 繕い , きん つくろい , `` golden repair '' )
Kintsugi ( 金 継ぎ , きん つぎ , `` golden joinery '' ) , also known as Kintsukuroi ( 金 繕い , きん つくろい , `` golden repair '' )