Artist Charlotte Bailey
constructs her patchwork vases by sewing fragmented porcelain back together.
Brighton based embroidery artist has used patterned fabric and metallic thread,
and her creations put an astounding new spin on the ancient Japanese custom of
kintsugi.
Therefore, the traditional
Kintsugi technique, broken pottery is repaired by rejoining the pieces with
golden lacquer, which highlights the damage as a celebrated aspect of the
heirloom’s history. She said, I’m very much inspired with philosophy, because
it seems so at odds with our modern Western “throwaway culture” that seldom
values the craft inherent in an object, or the significant and valuable social
and cultural role. Throwaway is bad
culture, because sometime useless things convert into excellent object.
Embroidery is medium choice of
Bailey, and she has found a way to re-envision that exceptional ethos covers
the segments of each shattered vessel with cloth and then stitches them
together with gold thread. Therefore, resulting vases hold their flat original
shapes, but with a newly textured outer layer and a few radiance, asymmetrical
embellishments that add distinctive intrigue.
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