archiemcphee:Today the Department of Extraordinary Embroidery is admiring the wonderful handiwork of
archiemcphee:Today the Department of Extraordinary Embroidery is admiring the wonderful handiwork of Brighton-based artist Charlotte Bailey, who takes inspiration from the traditional Japanese art of kintsugi, the art of repairing broken pottery with gold, silver, or platinum lacquer to honor the history of and damage to the object. Bailey has created her own hybrid form of kintsugi, which uses embroidery in place of the metallic lacquer. First each piece of a broken vase is wrapped in fabric. Then Bailey uses gold metallic thread to reassemble the broken pieces. It’s painstaking kintsugi darning and the resulting sculptural objects are beautiful.Visit Charlotte Bailey’s Facebook page or her website to check out more of her embroidery projects.[via Colossal] -- source link