Studio Project
Kintsugi,
the art of repair.
Kintsugi is the traditional Japanese craft of mending pottery. The process utilizes natural materials and requires time and patience. Carefully repaired and often adorned with color or precious metals, the item gains a new life.
kintsugi
process
journal
About
TIQUN Studio is a project by Tzofiya Bookstein.
I am currently studying and practicing kintsugi in Kyoto, Japan.
The project shares traditional materials, studio processes, and mended pieces.
The name 'TIQUN' is an artistic rendition of the Hebrew word for "repair." It emerges from the Kabbalistic mystical story of Divine vessels breaking and scattering light. This allegory draws parallels to images of kintsugi.
Urushi
Urushi is sap from the lacquer tree, a natural resin used for over 9,000 years in Japan for ceremonial and everyday items. It is the essence of kintsugi, and used at each step of the traditional process.
Urushi trees take around 10 years or more to mature enough for sap to be harvested. There are efforts to preserve Japanese urushi trees and historic methods of cultivation and harvest. Planted along the edge of the forest, they are an example of "satoyama" mountain village culture.
I had the opportunity to plant urushi trees twice with Urujyu Studio in Miyama, Northern Kyoto Prefecture.
Mended Pieces
Chinese Tea Ceremony Items
Mended for gallery owners
Japanese Tea Ceremony Bowl
Mended for Uji Tea Farming Family
Favorite Cups
For Toyoko:
Family Vessels, holding
memories
