Kintsugi Italian Pottery Vegetable Basket Majolica Gold Crack Art Gift Italy MCM

Approx 11” handle to handle A little over three pounds Made in Italy Kintsugi repaired broken handles, surface chips, cracks and crazing lines. The art of Japanese Kintsugi serves as a metaphor for healing oneself. Broken pottery is not discarded, but mended with the cracks highlighted in gold or silver. In life flawed paths are left behind; no need to hide them away in the depths of despair. Taking time to turn in and embrace flaws heightens internal awareness. Spotlighting the negative to gain sight of positivity; revealing a stronger, enlightened version of oneself. Scars left where you grew, shining your way through even when you felt you couldn’t. Here you are in the now; don’t ever forget to to look up; sit with the beautiful disaster of the broken times, admire the strength and resiliency. Please let this piece serve as a reminder or use as a healing tool. Pour beauty into brokenness. Constructed with a blend of contemporary and traditional Japanese kintsugi; not food safe, for display purposes only. Zero waste, Wabi-sabi.