Ju Ci: The Art of Repairing Porcelain
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Ju Ci: The Art of Repairing Porcelain
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#2I watched the video at the expecting one thing and finding something completely different. Remarkable — [0] watch the video in its entirety. Not what I thought when I read “staples to repair porcelain”.
[0] intentional human use of an em-dash
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#3I watched the video at the expecting one thing and finding something completely different. Remarkable — [0] watch the video in its entirety. Not what I thought when I read “staples to repair porcelain”. [0] intentional human use of an em-dash
"intentional human use of an em-dash" LOL
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#4I watched the video at the expecting one thing and finding something completely different. Remarkable — [0] watch the video in its entirety. Not what I thought when I read “staples to repair porcelain”. [0] intentional human use of an em-dash
For others interested, perhaps a more straightforward example is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGHkigtPcIA
The one in the article is the same essential technique (structurally speaking), but with a lot more decorative flourish.
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#5Wow - beautiful.
I've mended a lot of porcelain and earthenware but I use the modern art of epoxy resin. The tricky bit is letting it set just enough so you can cut the excess off cleanly without smearing but not too much so you can't cut it all the while keeping it under enough tension.
I like the string tensioning in the video - think I'll try that on my next mend. I normally use a set of small clamps but it is difficult to get them very tight.
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#6Somewhat related is Kintsugi
> Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with urushi lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold
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#7Somewhat related is Kintsugi > Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with urushi lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintsugi
The article mentions it -
>> But Ju ci is more than a technique; like its close cousin, Kintsugi (the Japanese art of repairing broken ceramics using lacquer and gold), Ju ci embraces a profound philosophy: that of celebrating “beauty of the imperfect.”
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#8Beautiful work, but the cup can't hold water (or tea, or wine) now I assume? So a partial restoration. It does make me wonder if you could do a mechanical repair like that and then reglaze and refire it (but I suppose that'd melt most metalwork soft enough to hammer onto a delicate cup...)
Re: Ju Ci: The Art of Repairing Porcelain
#9Beautiful work, but the cup can't hold water (or tea, or wine) now I assume? So a partial restoration. It does make me wonder if you could do a mechanical repair like that and then reglaze and refire it (but I suppose that'd melt most metalwork soft enough to hammer onto a delicate cup...)
Youtube video posted in a comment above shows that it does hold liquids! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGHkigtPcIA
Re: Ju Ci: The Art of Repairing Porcelain
#10Somewhat related is Kintsugi > Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with urushi lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintsugi
It used to be a lot of them roaming in the residential area, out of necessity since household items were precious. Related is also the profession of a tinker to mend woks and pots and the scissor sharpener https://donwagner.dk/tinkers/tinkers-Zhongwen.html
Used to hear their shout in the street but largely disappeared in the 90s.