Kintsugi Sculpture
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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.
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Kintsugi Collections and exhibitions
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THE NEXT GENERATION
It has been 10 years since my first kintsugi inspired portrait emerged from the studio, and three years since my last. After a break from this work and a new way of thinking, I now introduce the next generation for 2024. Flower Power Rosa and Aster |
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click on photo to see more about each piece, presented in order making from the first piece created in 2014 with Kintsugi Head to the final instalment of the Kintsugi story Perpetual - The Legacy of Prometheus, 2021
Exhibitions of Kintsugi Collections
Perfect Imperfection - The Art of Healing
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Inside Out - Representations of the Self
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Breaking Depression Campaign
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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
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Film
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