Workshop:

Freestyle Kintsugi

with Mariko Hori

13 May 2023

Humans are not able to control everything. In this workshop, the participants will experience the philosophy of kintsugi, which embraces the flawed or imperfect. They will practice to accept the way things are and letting go of control. How? By ritually breaking dishes and glueing them together again in novel and golden ways.

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Mariko Hori assisting one of the workshop participants in their process - Eloise Peredruk

Kintsugi

Kintsugi is a centuries old craftsmen's reparation technique where the cracks of a broken ceramic vessel are filled with Urushi, a natural resin, mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum to give it a new life. More than just a technique, kintsugi can also be seen as a philosophical approach, which embraces the flawed and imperfect. By highlighting the cracks the event of breakage and repair becomes a part of the objects life history. Indeed, these object are not meant to be composed of pieces that fit perfectly together, but rather be a creation of a mismatched puzzle that reflects our own imperfections. 

What will you do

The workshop will start off with a purification ceremony, in which you will break dishes and embrace failure. You will then find pieces of dishes and found objects to fit them together and practice care and accept imperfection. Finally you will write history by gilding the cracks and joints of the objects in kintsugi technique with ‘shin-urushi’ (new- urushi).

Mariko Hori

Mariko Hori is an artist who often works with found objects to represent a certain ambience. She has studied architecture and graduated from Kyoto Seika University in Japan. Her works, consisting mainly of installations, are study of alternative way of architecture without building. Her works are characterised by modest but unique choices in materials and very careful and deliberate positionings.


Tickets

Full price €85 | Discount price € 65
We give a discount to students, stadspas and artists. If this applies to you we might ask to see your kvk nr/portfolio or student card for this option.

Information

13th of May, 13:00-16:30
Attendance limited to 10 people. We maintain a minimum of 5 participants.
Please note that this workshop will be held in English.
For questions, please send an email to workshop@mediamatic.nl.

We are taking corona safety into account at our workshops.
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Workshop participant connecting pieces with precision using the Kintsugi technique - Eloise Peredruk

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Mariko Hori kicking off the ritualistic plate breaking part of the workshop - Eloise Peredruk

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Mariko Hori assisting participant - Mariko Hori assisting one of the workshop participants in their process Caroline Aravicius, Mariko Hori

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One of the workshop participants amidst the result of the breaking ceremony - Eloise Peredruk

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Participant carefully collecting pieces for the next part of the workshop - Eloise Peredruk

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Choosing from found objects - Eloise Peredruk

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Snapshot halfway through the workshop of the process on one of the tables - Eloise Peredruk

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Gilding the kinstugi piece - Eloise Peredruk

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A couple of newly mended together objects with the use of Kintsugi - Eloise Peredruk

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Participants' kintsugi creations - Eloise Peredruk

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Mariko Hori's kinstugi piece made of glass and seashell - Eloise Peredruk

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Kinstugi glass - Broken glass with mica stone, mineral, sea shells, other found objects and gold.

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Kintsugi piece from found materials - Photo by Mariko Hori

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Found objects and pieces for kintsugi -

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Selection of tools to use in the kintsugi process - Photo by Mariko Hori Mariko Hori

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Kintsugi piece - Photo by Mariko Hori

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Fixing a crack in kintsungi style - Photo by Mariko Hori