Modern Kintsugi Japanese Ceramic Artist / Potter, Tomomi Kamoshita
<Small Plate (Mame-zara & Ko-zara) with Kintsugi Incense Holder Collection>
・Antique Imari Pink Flower & Bamboo Drawing (Ko-Zara)
・Antique Imari Red Flowers Drawing (Mame-zara)
・Antique Imari White Birds Drawing Drawing (Mame-zara)
・Antique Imari Arabesque Pattern Drawing (Mame-zara)
・Antique Kutani Landscape Drawing (Mame-zara)
・White Plum Flower Drawing (Mame-zara)
Tomomi's antique mame-zara with kintsugi is used with parts such as sea glass, broken glass, and stones.
This plate made over 250 years ago. Even if they become scratched over time, the beautiful hand-painted designs created by the potters of that era retain the beauty and warmth that can only be achieved by handiwork.
Size : Ø 70mm x H 15mm (Incense Holder W 20mm x L 55 mm x H 7mm)
Material : Ceramic with Kintsugi
*Do not use Microwave, Dishwasher and Oven
*Avoid hot water for long time.
*Avoid scrubbing with detergent or steel scrubbers.
Kintsugi is a traditional Japanese repair technique and Tomomi Kamoshita has been using a modern version of kintsugi technique for her works.
And, Yokitsugi is one of the Kintsugi techniques, in which a broken piece of pottery is replaced with a piece of another pottery. This is a wonderful technique that allows you to make use of even a part of your precious broken pottery.
The idea of finding beauty in imperfect things by applying gold to scratches is something that she would like to cherish and pass on as the idea of kintsugi.
Tomomi believes that the way things change is similar to enjoying incense and appreciating the beauty of scars.
Modern Kintsugi Artist / Potter
Tomomi Kamoshita creates ceramics and three-dimensional artworks focused on her beautiful color and fine shapes at her studio in Tokyo. She has held solo exhibition and ceramic workshops in Japan as well as outside of Japan. Recently, she has been working utilizing the traditional Japanese technique of "kintsugi" in her own modern style. She held solo exhibition in New York regularly, and held kintsugi workshops in L.A., San Francisco, several cities in India. Explore her modern kintsugi pottery at (ki:ts) London shop.
Kintsugi (Japanese Golden Joinery) is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with urushi lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum.
Wabi-sabi is a Japanese aesthetic philosophy that values imperfection, impermanence, and the beauty of natural materials.