Beautifully Broken

Latina woman with golden streaks across her face, the Japanese characters for "kintsugi" next to her, and the words "Beautifully Broken" under her.
Acrylic and Alcohol Ink Drawing

This is the third in a 4-part series honoring the Japanese art of kintsugi. It is the process of putting a broken piece of pottery back together using gold. The philosophy is that after the pottery has been repaired through kintsugi it is even more beautiful. This series relates that same idea to people who have felt broken by life’s challenges and hurts. Those experiences, while painful, make you more beautiful inside and you can help others going through similar things.

You can watch the creation of this piece from beginning to end here:



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