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The Look of Resilience

Kintsugi Sculpture

This body of work explores psychological trauma and healing as a physical narrative through the sculpted portrait and meaningful objects.
Inspired by the ancient Japanese art of Kintsugi, a philosophy of seeing beauty in imperfection, the work questions the tension between destruction and repair, fragility and resilience and thoughts about what it is to be human. The fractured work seeks to consider a critical engagement with the viewer, confronting fundamental questions of the inner self.

Kintsugi (金継ぎ, "golden joinery"), also known as Kintsukuroi (金繕い, "golden repair"), is the ancient Japanese art of repairing broken ceramics with lacquer mixed with powdered gold. As a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise.

Kintsugi Collections and exhibitions
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Exhibitions of Kintsugi Collections

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Perfect Imperfection - The Art of Healing
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Inside Out - Representations of the Self

Breaking Depression Campaign


A recent commissioned with Janssen EMEA in collaboration with GAMAIN Europe to create 5 Kintsugi ceramic objects that visually described the journey of people living with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).
The Breaking Depression campaign aims to broaden our understanding of the different types of depression, such as MDD, and work together to help break depression for good.
 
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ECNP 2019

Film

50 - A Performance of Self-Criticism from Billie Bond on Vimeo.

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  • Home
  • About
    • Artist Statement
    • History
    • Exhibitions & Awards
    • Press & Publications
  • Gallery
    • Isolation
    • Kintsugi Sculpture
    • Exhibitions >
      • Perfect Imperfection
      • The Clinker Connection
      • Migrant Material
    • Archive >
      • A Link With The Past
      • Portrait sculpture
      • The Body >
        • Olympia Selfie After Manet
        • Music Festival
        • Venus 2010
        • Man With Phone
        • Nearly the First Smile
        • Ballet
        • Peloton
    • Garden Sculpture
  • Contact
  • Commissions
  • shop
  • Emily Williamson Statue