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Offline Bryan Milham

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BBC Page on Japanese art of Kintsugi
« on: June 19, 2017, 09:12:33 AM »
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Re: BBC Page on Japanese art of Kintsugi
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2017, 09:58:08 AM »
Bryan,

I noticed this post earlier and have only just returned  to it.

An interesting article on Japanese art and an area of ignorance for me, till now.

Of interest to Woodturning and other art forms and a message in life.

Very surprised that there have not been any responses , thank you

Phil

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Re: BBC Page on Japanese art of Kintsugi
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2017, 10:39:26 AM »
Very much a part of the Wabi Sabi philosophy, a buddhist theme. Inspration behind a lot lof my cracked, broken etc [ieces.

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Re: BBC Page on Japanese art of Kintsugi
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2017, 07:30:13 PM »
Very much a part of the Wabi Sabi philosophy, a buddhist theme. Inspration behind a lot lof my cracked, broken etc [ieces.

Pete
Except when we do it we do it before the piece is wholely broken, so can this truly be thought of as Wabi Sabi?  I wonder if in years to come this will be called the English philosophy of "a stitch in time"? Just a thought.

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Re: BBC Page on Japanese art of Kintsugi
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2017, 08:56:37 PM »
I see where you are coming from John. Wabi sabi is an umbrella term meaning an acceptance of imperfection and transiencein life and so involves an acceptance of decay and even death.  Kintsugi is a more specific part of the philosophy involving the repair and continued appreciation of broken and damaged things. Again accepting the imperfection as part of the life cycle.
Blimey that all sounds very learnened LOL. It was actually the way it was explained to me by a japanese lady at a show I did who saw the reference I had made to wabi sabi in a leaflet I had on the stand. There was a whole lot more to it that I can't remember as well.

Pete
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