'Sewing' Pieces Of Broken Vases: The Unbelievable Technique From Japanese

Attempting to repair a broken ceramic vase is extremely difficult and often ends in failure. Most of us would simply throw the wreckage away if we accidentally messed up.

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No matter how skillful you are, you will be amazed at Charlotte Bailey's talent for renewing broken vases. This Brighton-based artist has used seemingly discarded pieces to create real works of art without glue. Instead, she "sews" them together by utilizing a traditional Japanese sewing technique known as Kintsugi.

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“I was responding to a call-for-artists brief entitled ‘Mended Textiles’ and considering the ways in which I could respond’” Charlotte told Bored Panda. “Having already been aware of the ancient Japanese art of Kintsugi, I decided to replicate the process with my own stitched interpretation. The vases can take anything from 5 hours (the very small ones) to a good few days for the larger pieces.”

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The traditional method used gold, silver or platinum to stick the shards together, but Charlotte covered each shard with fabric before sewing them together and sewing them together with gold threads. Of course, the vase will no longer be usable as a container, but that's not a big deal when you've seen these incredible creations.

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