Repair Broken Pottery, vases and lamp bases with glue and gold paint - kin-tsugi

 

The Japanese name for this is kintsugi. Kin means gold. Tsugi means repair. 

For this you need

1 Your broken pottery item

2 A superglue

3 A gold felt tip pen and/or

4 A gold glitter pen

Why Not Use Gold Spray?

I considered using gold spray, which I already had.

I had a gold paint spray. I decided against using this because of the risks of

a) Breathing it in 

b) Getting it on my hands

c) Getting it on my clothes

d) Damaging nearby items

e) Extra time spent covering the table and floor

f) Needing to discard plastic or cardboard covered in paint, thus adding to landfill

g I would need to use more paint to cover the entire vase.

h) I wanted to cover only the cracks because the green base matched the lampshade

Verdict - Success

1 I was pleased to have my lamp restored

2 I had put together the pieces which were cluttering up the house waiting until I thought of a way of repairing the item.

3 I was proud of my skill

4 My husband was impressed by my resourcefulness and creativity

5 He said the restored lamp base looked like the gold pattern abstract was part of the design, better than the plain green original.

Useful Websites

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintsugi