Kintsugi ceramics (repair) workshop
Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with for example bronze and silver. The workshop is led by Clementine Nuttall who lives in Japan and has been exploring the Kintsugi method for a while. Clementine will introduce participants to the Kintsugi method and provide participants with an opportunity to bring their broken or chipped ceramics and learn the Japanese technique of Kintsugi. This collaborative experience aims to foster a sense of connection between the community and the artistic exploration, creating a shared narrative.
The repaired ceramics from the community symbolize the collective resilience and beauty that can emerge from life's fractures.
The repaired ceramics from the community symbolize the collective resilience and beauty that can emerge from life's fractures.
Clementine Nuttall is a British artist that resides in Japan. She will be in residency in Hveragerði in July working on her project titled Faultlines that seeks to explore the intersection between the Japanese art of mending ceramics with gold, known as kintsugi, and the dynamic geological landscape of Iceland. Much like her adopted home in Japan, Iceland is situated in an area of significant seismic activity that outsider perspectives perceive as encapsulating both risk and beauty.
The residency location at Hveragerði is situated on the tectonic plate lines between the North
American and Eurasian plates — a transitional space. The project aims to draw parallels between the lines of kintsugi and the lines of tectonic plates, highlighting the connection between the process of damage and the beauty of the golden repair, and the flourishing nature that bursts from the region in Summertime. In essence, 'Faultlines' will serve as a celebration and meditation on spirituality and
human connections to nature, focusing on Icelandic hot spring culture as a distinctive expression of
life lived in the faultlines.
The residency location at Hveragerði is situated on the tectonic plate lines between the North
American and Eurasian plates — a transitional space. The project aims to draw parallels between the lines of kintsugi and the lines of tectonic plates, highlighting the connection between the process of damage and the beauty of the golden repair, and the flourishing nature that bursts from the region in Summertime. In essence, 'Faultlines' will serve as a celebration and meditation on spirituality and
human connections to nature, focusing on Icelandic hot spring culture as a distinctive expression of
life lived in the faultlines.
The workshop is for free and is for ages 13+.
Registration is necessary: fraedsla(at)listasafnarnesinga.is
The workshop is sponsored by Hveragerði
Registration is necessary: fraedsla(at)listasafnarnesinga.is
The workshop is sponsored by Hveragerði