Precious Scars
Finding Beauty in Imperfection
Kintsugi
Kintsugi, the Japanese art of golden joinery, is a five-hundred-year-old method of restoring damaged ceramics, seen as enhancing their beauty and value by celebrating their imperfection and impermanence. Kintsugi uses a special tree sap dusted with gold powder to highlight (rather than hide) restorations.
The studio practices authentic Kintsugi restoration which uses traditional methods and materials to innovate, explore, and expand the confines of what it means to be “beautifully broken”. The benefit of Kintsugi is that it is 100 percent food-safe. This is not generally the case when using synthetic materials and European/Western repair techniques.
c.1955 Kaneshige Toyo (1896-1967), National Living Treasure
The Collection of Fukumaru Ceramic & Glass Art Restoration
Taisho period (1912 -1926) Black Raku ware
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Early Edo period (1603～1691) Old E-Karatsu excavated from Kihara Kiln
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1600s Edo period old Imari Porcelain
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Rosanjin Kitaoji 1883 – 1959
Recognized as one of the most important Japanese potters of the 20th century. Rosanjin was a multi-talented, self-taught genius, a master of ceramics credited with reviving that art in Japan.
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c.1950 Hiroshi Kondo
Ceramic artist. Active in Kyoto. Second son of the Important Intangible Cultural Property Holder (Living National Treasure) Kondo Yuzo (1902-1985).
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1970s Koji Kamata Tenmoku glazed stoneware
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1930s Kiseto ware (yellow Seto)
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Kashan Persia (Iran) earthenware 11th century - mid-14th century
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Nazca style Bowl
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c.1900s Japanese Plaster Noh Mask
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c.1960 Japanese Kyoto Earthenware Tea Bowl
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Oil spot Glaze Cup by Yuzuru Sasaki
c.1920 Japanese Satsuma Earthenware Cup
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c.1710 Chinese Porcelain Plate
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c.1800s Rare Japanese Karatsu Stoneware
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c.1800s Japanese Imari Porcelain Charger (Diameter 31cm)
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c.1800s Chinese Jian Yao Hare Fur Glaze Ceramic Tea Bowl (Late Qing Dynasty)
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1662-1722 Chinese Kangxi Porcelain Dish, Qing Dynasty
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c.1960s
Japanese Bizen stoneware
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Pre-Columbian tripod possibly 300-700AD Costa Rica
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Peru, Moche IV style Fine-Line Painted Vessel
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19-20th century, Chinese Jun style red glaze porcelain Gu-form beaker vase. The vase was gifted from China to Japan as a memorial gift of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People's Republic of China in 1978.
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19th-century Vietnamese plate
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c.1800s Rare Japanese Imari Porcelain Plate
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c.1960s
Kyoto Rakuware
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Taisho period (1912 -1926) large Imari bowl
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1960s Shigaraki ware
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c.1900s Japanese Stoneware Charger
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c.1900s Japanese Stoneware Tea Bowl
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c.1800s Chinese Porcelain Plate
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c.1960s Kyoto Rakuware
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Wayne Ngan (1937 - 2020)
Private Collection
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Charmian Johnson (1935 - 2020)
She primarily works with ceramics but has also worked with ink on paper drawings[4][5] and painting. Having apprenticed with Glenn Lewis and Mick Henry during her graduate studies at UBC she is directly tied to their philosophies linked to Bernard Leach and Japanese Pottery.
The Collection of Bryan Mulvihill
Heinz Laffin
Heinz Laffin
1960s Haruyoshi Matsuzoe crystal bowl
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18-19th century Dutch Delft Earthenware Plate
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600CE Pre-Columbian Peruvian Chimu Blackware
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1960s Masamichi Yoshikawa Tokoname porcelain Tokkuri Sake Bottle
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Sea Urchin from Okeover Inlet
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Kintsugi Restoration on Concrete Floor Cracks
The Beach House in Okeover
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