Introduction to Kintsugi: Repair Your Pottery with Gold
Rebuilding the Gaps
A course by Clara Graziolino , Ceramic Artist and Kintsugi Expert
About the video: Rebuilding the Gaps
Overview
“In this lesson, I'm going to show you how to rebuild the missing part of your bowl. What we are going to do is to fill in all the small gaps, lines, and fissures using Paris plaster. ”
In this video lesson Clara Graziolino addresses the topic: Rebuilding the Gaps, 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
“Rebuilding the Gaps In this lesson, you are going to rebuild the little gap in your bowl and to fill in all the small gaps lines and fissures with plaster of Paris. Plaster is the perfect material for restoring ceramics because, in addition of having a similar hardness, it has the benefit that when it gets hard, it increases its volume a little bit, so it hooks very well in the hole. So, for this first step, you will need plasticine and your bowl. The first thing I'm going to teach you then is the trick to easily reproduce the shape of your hole and to ensure that the plaster doesn't leak t...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Kintsugi: Repair Your Pottery with Gold
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Category
Craft -
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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