“What’s this?” He picked the pot up off the table for a better look, amusement scrawled across his face. At first glance, it wasn’t much to look at: medium-sized, antique Bavarian style, pale pink, ornate in design if not decoration… Not exactly an item he would have expected to see in this particular house. On closer inspection though…
The entire thing was shot through with gold.
Athena glanced over from the bookshelf, finger marking her place. “...my teapot?”
“The *gold*.”
“The kintsugi?”
“The what?”
“Kintsugi.” The book she’d paused on was half-pulled out and she hopped down from the ladder. “It’s a type of lacquer technique used to fix pottery.” The teapot changed hands, and a soft smile shone in her eyes as she looked at it. “Well, from a material standpoint. The philosophical… It’s seeing the flaws in a piece; realizing that it would not be what it is now had it not broken previously; making it stronger than it was before. It’s seeing the cracks, and celebrating the journey of healing.”
“Where’s it from?”
She handed it back to him, returning to the ladder. “The concept? Or the teapot?”
“Both, I suppose…”
“The concept is from Japan. One I’ve admired for a while. The *teapot*… I found it in a dusty little antique shop, tucked in a back corner, nothing but a bowl of shards. Looked like someone had simply swept up the pieces and forgotten them. I bought it for less than a buck, and put it back together myself.”
Said object was set back on the table with far more care than it had been picked up with, and Evergray walked over to lean on the shelf next to her. “It came out beautifully.”
“Glad to hear it.
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This is from a fanfic a friend and I are working on, where our characters on Star Stable are running around causing mayhem and occasionally actually moving the storyline forward. In this bit, Athena and Evergray are searching for a specific spell in her personal library. A teapot catches his eye, leading to this exchange.
Personally, I've always admired the practice of Kintsugi. Having been through some...*rough* times myself, there have been many times where I have felt like I was broken and not worth anything. Over the years, not only have I found this not to be true, but I have found that my experiences have been able to help other people, often in ways I would not have been able to without those experiences. I may not be more beautiful on the outside, but I am stronger on the inside, and those experiences are valuable (if not entirely pleasant).
Made in Sai, approx 5-6 hours, 15 layers
“What’s this?” He picked the pot up off the table for a better look, amusement scrawled across his face. At first glance, it wasn’t much to look at: medium-sized, antique Bavarian style, pale pink, ornate in design if not decoration… Not exactly an item he would have expected to see in this particular house. On closer inspection though…
The entire thing was shot through with gold.
Athena glanced over from the bookshelf, finger marking her place. “...my teapot?”
“The *gold*.”
“The kintsugi?”
“The what?”
“Kintsugi.” The book she’d paused on was half-pulled out and she hopped down from the ladder. “It’s a type of lacquer technique used to fix pottery.” The teapot changed hands, and a soft smile shone in her eyes as she looked at it. “Well, from a material standpoint. The philosophical… It’s seeing the flaws in a piece; realizing that it would not be what it is now had it not broken previously; making it stronger than it was before. It’s seeing the cracks, and celebrating the journey of healing.”
“Where’s it from?”
She handed it back to him, returning to the ladder. “The concept? Or the teapot?”
“Both, I suppose…”
“The concept is from Japan. One I’ve admired for a while. The *teapot*… I found it in a dusty little antique shop, tucked in a back corner, nothing but a bowl of shards. Looked like someone had simply swept up the pieces and forgotten them. I bought it for less than a buck, and put it back together myself.”
Said object was set back on the table with far more care than it had been picked up with, and Evergray walked over to lean on the shelf next to her. “It came out beautifully.”
“Glad to hear it.
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This is from a fanfic a friend and I are working on, where our characters on Star Stable are running around causing mayhem and occasionally actually moving the storyline forward. In this bit, Athena and Evergray are searching for a specific spell in her personal library. A teapot catches his eye, leading to this exchange.
Personally, I've always admired the practice of Kintsugi. Having been through some...*rough* times myself, there have been many times where I have felt like I was broken and not worth anything. Over the years, not only have I found this not to be true, but I have found that my experiences have been able to help other people, often in ways I would not have been able to without those experiences. I may not be more beautiful on the outside, but I am stronger on the inside, and those experiences are valuable (if not entirely pleasant).
Made in Sai, approx 5-6 hours, 15 layers
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