Kintsugi Wabi Sabi Workshop FT. Ryley Gaulocher

Kintsugi is the practice of repairing broken objects, highlighting the cracks with gold. Bringing forward the narrative, and serving to honor impermanence. Kintsugi is used as an analogy for people to practice resilience. Transform, and recover from past experiences.

Wabi Sabi, is the ancient Japanese art philosophy, of finding the value in imperfection impermanence, and incompleteness. It invites a new perspective drawing on ancient Zen truth’s finding beauty in the insignificant, and unconventional, finding value in impermanence. And drawing inspiration from the incomplete.

In this intimate workshop, we have tea and introductions, and the we will break and restore your own teacup, provided by the workshop using modern Kintsugi techniques. We’ll learn the centuries old Japanese art philosophy Wabi Sabi, And reflect on thought provoking questions.

Please bring clothes you don't mind getting dirty, and your open minds, we look forward to meeting you.

This event is hosted by Ryley Gaulocher @stonegoldcrafts on Instagram, a ceramicist of 13 years, and teacher. He Loves Kintsugi, and Wabi Sabi, for their parallels to everyday life, and the analogy they draw to self healing, transformation, and resiliency.

Note: Please be aware if you are bringing your own piece of pottery to repair, some un glazed clay bodies can be difficult to work with due to the textured surface.

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