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    Ceramics have been made by humans for a long time by shaping clay and firing it. There are three main types of ceramics: earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain. Earthenware is porous while stoneware and porcelain are vitrified and non-porous. Kintsugi is a Japanese art of repairing broken ceramics by filling the cracks with lacquer dusted with gold, silver, or platinum. It dates back to 15th century Japan and teaches about embracing imperfections and finding beauty in broken things. The philosophy of wabi-sabi is closely related to kintsugi in the acceptance of transience and imperfection.

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    Ceramics have been made by humans for a long time by shaping clay and firing it. There are three main types of ceramics: earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain. Earthenware is porous while stoneware and porcelain are vitrified and non-porous. Kintsugi is a Japanese art of repairing broken ceramics by filling the cracks with lacquer dusted with gold, silver, or platinum. It dates back to 15th century Japan and teaches about embracing imperfections and finding beauty in broken things. The philosophy of wabi-sabi is closely related to kintsugi in the acceptance of transience and imperfection.

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    Ceramics have been made by humans for a long time by shaping clay and firing it. There are three main types of ceramics: earthenware, stoneware, and porcelain. Earthenware is porous while stoneware and porcelain are vitrified and non-porous. Kintsugi is a Japanese art of repairing broken ceramics by filling the cracks with lacquer dusted with gold, silver, or platinum. It dates back to 15th century Japan and teaches about embracing imperfections and finding beauty in broken things. The philosophy of wabi-sabi is closely related to kintsugi in the acceptance of transience and imperfection.

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    Ceramics

    and
    Kintsugi
    The earliest ceramics made by
    humans were pottery objects (pots,
    vessels or vases) or figurines made
    from clay, either by itself or mixed
    with other materials like silica,
    hardened and sintered in fire. Later,
    ceramics were glazed and fired to
    create smooth, colored surfaces,
    decreasing porosity through the use
    of glassy, amorphous ceramic
    coatings on top of the crystalline
    ceramic substrates.
    A ceramic is any of the various hard, brittle, heat-
    resistant and corrosion-resistant materials made
    by shaping and then firing an inorganic,
    nonmetallic material, such as clay, at a high
    temperature.

    There are three main types of pottery/ceramic.

    earthenware
    stoneware
    porcelain
    Earthenware

    Earthenware, pottery that has


    not been fired to the point of
    vitrification and is thus slightly
    porous and coarser than
    stoneware and porcelain. The
    body can be covered completely
    or decorated with slip (a liquid
    clay mixture applied before
    firing), or it can be glazed.

    Stoneware

    Stoneware is more durable than


    ceramic cookware. Usually,
    stoneware is enhanced with
    extra glass material; it's non-
    porous, waterproof, and doesn't
    chip. In contrast, ceramic
    cookware is porous and chips
    easily, making it less durable
    than stoneware.

    Porcelain
    Porcelain, vitrified pottery with
    a white, fine-grained body that is
    usually translucent, as
    distinguished from earthenware,
    which is porous, opaque, and
    coarser. The distinction between
    porcelain and stoneware, the
    other class of vitrified pottery
    material, is less clear.
    Techniques of Ceramic Decoration
    Brushwork
    Combing

    Finger Swiping
    Faceting
    Hakeme
    Impressing
    Paddling
    Sgraffito
    Slip-trailing
    Wax Resist
    Kintsugi
    What is kintsugi?
    Some four or five centuries ago
    in Japan, a lavish technique
    emerged for repairing broken
    ceramics. Artisans began using
    lacquer and gold pigment to
    put shattered vessels back
    together. This tradition, known
    as kintsugi, meaning “golden
    seams” (or kintsukuroi,
    “golden repair”), is still going
    strong.
    History of Kintsugi
    While kintsugi's origins aren't entirely
    clear, historians believe that it dates back
    to the late 15th century. According to
    legend, the craft commenced when
    Japanese shogun Ashikaga Yoshimasa
    sent a cracked chawan—or tea bowl—
    back to China to undergo repairs. Upon
    its return, Yoshimasa was displeased to
    find that it had been mended with
    unsightly metal staples. This motivated
    contemporary craftsmen to find an
    alternative, aesthetically pleasing method
    of repair, and kintsugi was born.
    What does kintsugi
    teach us about life?
    In just one piece of pottery, kintsugi
    teaches us about accepting fragility,
    building strength and resilience, and
    taking pride in the imperfect. Things
    can and do fall apart. Of course, we
    know that uninvited challenges and
    mistakes are how we grow, learn, and
    change, but that truth still doesn't
    make them any easier.
    Wabi - Sabi
    The art of kintsugi is inextricably
    linked to the Japanese philosophy
    of wabi-sabi: a worldview centred
    on the acceptance of transience,
    imperfection and the beauty found
    in simplicity. Wabi-sabi is also an
    appreciation of both natural
    objects and the forces of nature
    that remind us that nothing stays
    the same forever.
    Gulmemmedova
    160i
    Ayshen
    thank you
    for your attention

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