I am Japanese and happy someone from other race appreciate Japanese culture but this is incorrect practice of kintsugi. It is not about breaking on purpose. Just wanted to clarify ^__^

金継ぎは「大切に使っていた器が割れてしまった時に修繕する手段」です。日本の技術ではありますが、日本の芸術ではありません。 その独特の金の模様が美しく感じるのはとてもよく分かりますが、器を壊すくらいなら、そういう模様をつける陶芸家になれば良いと思います。 日本の宗教観のベースにある神道を調べてみて欲しいです。 日本は物を大切に長く使う国なので、修繕技術をこのように使われているのはとても悲しいです。

わかるよ、金継ぎって綺麗だからどんどんやりたくなるよな でもそれは壊れた陶器に対して行う行為、言わば「修理」であってわざと壊したものに対して行う行為ではないのよ… I understand, Kintsugi is beautiful, so we want to do it again and again. But it's something you do to broken pottery, in other words, it's a "repair". It's not something you do to something you've intentionally broken...

The excess symbolism is so American here, and unsurprisingly, wrong in how it translates Japanese culture. The tableware is not supposed to be broken intentionally (the hammer is basically redundant), but since it adds the "dramatic factor" to the practice of her field, she wrongfully undermines the tradition of Kintsugi as a means of not just art (which is what this person believes) but also of repair in times of need, not times of selfish want. The veined beauty is a product of time, not of... hammer abuse.

なぜ完成している器をわざわざ壊して金継ぎするのか理解に苦しむ 他の方が述べているとおり、金継ぎは「壊れてしまった」器を修復するための技術

Kintsugi is supposed to be the way to fix the accidental damage to make it look like art, not being used for intentional breakage... Please don't mess up the tradition.

I had a ceramic tea cup which I treasured greatly (because it was so pretty and I was broke college student, so that tea cup made drinking tea an experience for me as I couldnt afford many). My roommate while putting dishes away accidentally knocked it over and it shattered into three pieces. To say I was heart broken was an understatement. My roommate was so apologetic cause she knew I would use that cup at least 3 times a day. Sounds silly but it was just something I associated simple joy with. Long story short I couldnt part with it. Googled ways to fix it and happened upon Kintsugi. I unfortunately couldnt find the correct materials to make it usable again but with some gold paint and resin I put it back together. Its now a tiny green and gold planter for a tiny succulent I was given for a holiday party. I am not Japanese so I could 100 percent wrong, but I feel like purposely breaking good pottery to practice this art form is sort of strange. The process feels 100 percent different when you have to do unexpectedly. Again, Im not Japanese and I am no expert- perhaps Im still broke to ever justify breaking good things on purpose for art. I just feel this sort of takes away from the original idea. *Also* This isnt meant to hate on the lady. I think you have insight and its sort of therapeutic.

世界中のたくさんのコメントが、これは金継ぎではないと説明してくれて嬉しい。 背景の精神まで含めて初めて金継ぎと呼ぶべきだ。

well this is not really Kintsugi, just call it DIY Kintsugi

うわ、最悪 物を大切に扱う心から生まれた技術なのに

So I actually think this is one of those moments of cultural appropriation which though not malicious is not right. So Kintsugi is about fixing something that broke and not wasting it and giving it a new life after misfortune.. She is not doing that. She is breaking something on purpose then remaking it, then I am assuming selling it for a profit higher that its original value. This totally going against the original philosophy.

I am Japanese, born and raised, and I am of a generation that enjoys Japan's current culture, for better or worse. I am happy for non-Japanese to open a Japanese restaurant, or to have bonsai or karesansui in my garden. The wearing of kimonos by non-Japanese, which people sensitively react to as cultural theft, is also received rather favorably by the majority of Japanese people. However, that does not mean that everything is acceptable. Japanese people value civility and the soul. There are traditions that are not explicitly stated, such as not throwing garbage on the street or not talking loudly in public places, and they call them manners and value them. Kintsugi is both a technique and an art, but before that, it is a soul. I believe that people are impressed by kintsugi in Japanese culture because they feel the soul in "beautifully repairing a broken object, leaving the scars intact, and making it into something unique. Therefore, it is human folly to "prepare broken things" for kintsugi, even if it is for practice. In other words, it is a clear cultural theft as far as your act is concerned.

金継は芸術から始まったわけじゃなくて災害大国の実用的な面から生まれた技術です。自分で陶器を壊して繋ぎ合わせるのは本来の「金継」の意図から外れています。

I really don't think that this represents Kintsugi accurately at all.

" When you're holding a hammer, everything around you looks like a nail."

Ya know, if you want it only for the aesthetic, you can just paint gold lines on your bowl.

This is kinda sad? She use some cheap glue not resin lacquer, and i think that is not even a real gold. This craftsmanship is used on pieces who are very rare or special for our heart. Its kinda tacky. And there are even more amazing repair techniques.

Bish please. You just super glued a bowl back together.

なして最初から壊すん？？？

I don't think she understands Kintsugi

“Do not fix it right away” *takes out glue*

何も理解していないなら何もやらないで。それだけです。

こんなの金継ぎって言わない。

As same as everyone here says, the porpose of Kintsugi is not breaking something.Please include a note of correction in the video.

初めっから違うんだよなぁ…

これじゃない感がすごい

I think even if don’t use the correct method, at least make the repair look good. Using cheap clumpy glue and paint made me cringe.

Basically it's Kintsugi Art not "art of kintsugi"

When cultural appropriation manifests as a derivative-esque analogy. Dr., you make psychology and western culture look bad.

If I want to apply this kind of kintsugi to my own life, should I start by smoking meth and then pursue a PhD?

"Healing is about connection, not perfection" As someone whose struggled with mental health my whole life, this quote was really cool.

You broke a perfectly good bowl

Japan : This is our traditional art with showing philosophy of our accepting damage of object and while repair damage showing respecting history of being... This Artist : HAMMER

You DO NOT purposely break vessels for this historical restoration and artisanal purpose!

The end result is beautiful, but it's nothing like authentic kintsugi. And I muted it halfway through so I didn't have to hear the lame, obvious, over-simplified mental health buzzword catchphrases she was using.

Who's here after listening to Lana Del Rey?

You have to fill the cracks , let it dry to do it again and again , I have a whole box of kintsugi ‘tools ‘, it takes a month to complete . She only got a hammer , cheap glue , a brush and gold paint !

The only thing getting hammered, other than her bowl, is her actually thinking that this is Kintsugi.

It's like a painting restorer damaging works of art to show off his skills.

I'm learning about kintsugi to teach a high school class about it but create a project with a concept of "it broke, fix it" and they will mend a slab cylinder with an open wall closed with yarn. It's obviously very general and using the concept of kintsugi in a very very loose way. but i look forward to teaching them the philosophy surrounding kintsugi, its valuable to me and i believe my students could benefit from it I ended up on this video but i knew right away that what she was saying was not accurate to the real japanese traditions. honestly right when i heard her voice i knew this video wouldn't be accurate.

this is super glue it and paint the crack gold...

cultural misappropriation is different than honouring cultural heritage by expressing the inspiration than has come to us from various cultures. As an multimedia artist I want to try this practice coming from my own heritage but not to buy into possessiveness but to be at both ends of sharing. What my results are part of the ever-changing nature of culture. The philosophy of Wabi Sabi is about impermanence, imperfection, and ever unfinished.

Ridiculous. As Japanese, I am convinced that you will NEVER understand what kind of mind kintsugi came from. You would go to the trouble of breaking a vessel to do this? If you want to do FAKE "ART", that's fine, but please don't call itself Kintsugi. This is NOT kintsugi. This is nothing more than a superficial imitation. No one goes out of their way to self harm for reason of "they are more beautiful with scars" It is the same with vessels. Kintsugi is the act of sparing a vessel that is accidentally chipped or broken, and by restoring it, loving the history of its previous use, even the history of them once broken history. Your "art" is empty.

For people looking for authentic Kintsugi videos there is literally a YT channel called Kintsugi. Amazing process.

"Healing comes through connection, not perfection" Me gusta

Hello. Thank you for your instruction. I have one enquiry. Can I use Kintsugi to repair a Japanese-made donabe. The thing is that the temperature could go really high for a clay pot on oven top. Would it remain food-safe for a donabe with kintsugi restoration on? Thank you!

This is not the Japanese culture of kintsugi. Feel free to do this for healing, but don't treat it like Kintsugi. You could call it "destruction patchwork."😅

DO NOT breat intentionally - this is NOT Kintsugi

I can understand making the most of a broken vase or other decorative object by embellishing it but I cannot understand breaking an object even if for a video demonstration. I've just glued back together a beautiful new terracotta Italian-style vase badly broken in transit from the seller and will cover it with filler/spackling and then chalk paint.

Now I got an excuse for destroying all my mom's dishes.

Well that was disappointing.

The moment I saw her breaking the bowl on purpose I stopped watching. Goodful, do some research before making a video, let true craftsman show how it is done.

I wouldn’t break any piece on purpose, but this is how I’ll mend whatever I can that is broken.

Kintsugi is not like this at all. This video is cultural appropriation.

Nothing screams "pretentious" more than a white woman teaching people about ancient Japanese arts and the deeper meaning she personally assigned to them.

ひどい。 割れた物を長く大切に使う文化であり技術なのに。この人は全く逆の事をしている。 これが日本文化だと思わないで欲しい。

00:23 "alexa altman, phd" Good Lord, wtf does Phd have to do with Kintsugi? Or is it that you wanna rub your degree all over people's face?

you're not supposed to break it on purpose in some kind of spiritual way, but shrugging that off, I can understand breaking it just because you want to make a kintsugi piece, but gluing it together and painting it with metallic paint is totally different from the actual way of doing it, which is attaching the bits together with laquer and powdering gold on it, which also looks a thousand times better and makes the piece useable, without holes in it

What is the glue and the "gold" colour you are using? want to buy and try for myself.

Breaking and pasting something that is solid indicates that there is a problem in your way of thinking.

Which glue used for it? And is that real gold or golden color?

There's a deeper meaning in it..even if we fail,or broken in some places in our lives,God moulds and mends us ,He in His grace joins the pieces and uses us for His glory.. whoever is going through all the brokenness, remember God is working on your pain .. Just trust.. love and prayers from India.

英語出来る人、誰かこの人にきちんとイチから金継ぎとは何なのか説明してあげて。 最初やり方を説明するために壊したのかと思ったけど、アート作品として作ってるのに日本人の精神性まで勝手に妄想してるっぽいし 意識高い系だから正面から正論ぶつけて否定しちゃうと面倒なことになりそうだけどさ

As someone who works at a school with trauma ( south side of Chicago ) I am looking forward to showing this video to my students so that we can repair some of our ceramics that blew up or cracked in the kiln No, I'm not thrilled by this intentional breaking of something to repair it to "look pretty". I think on the surface, this is what it appears Dr. Altman is doing. So from an art teacher perspective, I don't like this too much However, then from a mental health perspective, I really like this video. My students spent two weeks working with clay, struggling with it, finally making something they liked... and it comes out of the kiln broken. I wouldn't be surprised if a few physically throw their work away in the garbage BUT I'm hoping that this video will make them slow down... the blowing up & cracking wasn't something they could control, and it sucks ( pardon me ) that it happened, BUT that doesn't mean their artwork is now 100% useless It's going to be hard to encourage my students to not give up on themselves or their artwork when they see just how many blew up & cracked after firing... however, just as Dr. Altman was saying about mindfulness and sitting with our broken parts and wanting to repair ourselves, this *awful* clay unit in art class might be a really good chance for a life lesson on how to recover when something goes wrong (like trauma)

Can you show me how to use the glue component . thank you

Kintsugi isn't supposed to be done on ceramics you are breaking purposely.

Me: Mom? Can you buy new bowls? My soup is falling out of the bowls. Mom: We have bowls at home. Bowls at home:

It was more beautiful than it was before, but is it usable? I think it was more fragile now 'cause it was broken.

Please, qual a cola que usou?? Gracias

Where can I get the glue and paint you used?

I seen this on NHK and always loved this concept.

Does it still hold cereal

We all get hammered 😏

I like this process- fixing something (someone) that was broken. Seeing the beauty in the after. Nice video. What about mixing a gold flake or coloring into the glue ?

Can I ask what is the name of the brand of the bowl?

What glue to use

What type of gold paint are you using?

There is a wonderful sister doing your teaching. I believe after reading the correct meaning of this beautiful purposeful art, she should have people bring what is already broken then give them the tools to make their kintsugi Art. However, your bowl came out beautiful 😍

step 1: break it step 2: look at the pieces step 3: glue is about glue step 4: dont forget to breath while waiting step 5: holes are places where stuff isnt step 6: gold is fancy looking step 7: eat cereal

This is more like kintsugi "wanna-be"

It's one thing to ignore the point of this practice by purposefully breaking a ceramic, but you didn't replace the missing parts or seal it either. You just painted gold paint on the cracks. So... this isn't even properly done, either.

Que tipo de pintura es?

I wanna try this for a mask

How strong the glue is?

Is it food safe?

this is just an application of the practice to a therapeutic cause. in that light, intentional breaking makes sense. nobody wants you to break your own pottery on purpose. i liked the video for that purpose.

How to ridicule a wonderful process!

What sort of glue you using please

Life is like this - like scars and injuries. Let the wounds heal, by remembering instead of forgetting. Accept the existence and respect these wounds and let them tell their stories.

Thank you. I have a beautiful large red glazed pot that broke during a move. I have cemented it back together and it still holds the planets tree well. I look at the mended cracks and now am inspired to paint those cracks with gold to represent that I am not broken but, mended with gold.

I really love the idea about fixing broken things with connection. To create a peaceful mind! I wonder where I could buy the golden paints.

I'm here after watching the last season of Bojack horseman

I found this after someone posted a comment about the art form in a Succulent Lovers group. Some plant collectors create a fairy garden from broken pots, each with a story reflecting life and the beauty of nature.

What's the song/music in the background? I can't find it!

my heart broke when she break the bowl

The end result was neither beutiful or useful. Not the way you wanna end up in life. Plus, she ruined a really nice bowl...

Love the analogy!

I find this very inspiring

I tht thered be shiny lines and id be able to use it again

You had me "We all get hammered"! lol