Introduction to Kintsugi: Repair Your Pottery with Gold
How to Break the Bowls
A course by Clara Graziolino , Ceramic Artist and Kintsugi Expert
About the video: How to Break the Bowls
Overview
“Now that you have all the materials to get started, we just need to break the bowls that you have chosen for your project. In this lesson, I will explain to you how to break the bowls before getting to work. ”
In this video lesson Clara Graziolino addresses the topic: How to Break the Bowls, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Kintsugi: Repair Your Pottery with Gold. Learn to embrace the beauty of imperfections by restoring your ceramics through the ancient Japanese art of kintsugi.
Partial transcription of the video
“How to Break the Bowls Now that you chose your porcelain or stoneware bowls, we're going to break them. As I mentioned before, we are going to break them in three or four pieces. Maybe it's the first time that you're gonna break a ceramic piece on purpose, but you'll see that it's quite satisfactory. I'm gonna teach you how to break your bowls in a controlled way. It is not easy to break them in just three or four pieces. If you break even more than four pieces, you have your spare one that we talked about in the last lesson. So, let's get to it! First of all, you need a very firm base to m...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Kintsugi: Repair Your Pottery with Gold
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Ceramics, DIY, Fine Arts
Clara Graziolino
A course by Clara Graziolino
Clara Graziolino is a contemporary history graduate from Turin University, with a degree from the Art and Restoration Institute in Florence, Italy. She began her career by restoring Etruscan ceramics for an archaeological museum in Pisa and Roman sculptures for the Uffizi Museum in Florence.
In 2003, she moved to Madrid to deepen her knowledge of ceramic sculptures. She eventually started making her own sculpture artwork, and in 2016 she was awarded first prize at Magrama International Ceramics contest. Alongside a Japanese restoration teacher, she learned the traditional techniques of kintsugi and has since collaborated in advertisements and events with brands such as Shiseido and Acciona. She currently works with international galleries and interior designers creating sculptures, murals, and installations.
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